Title : Genetic insights into statin-associated diabetes risk.

Pub. Date : 2016 Apr

PMID : 26959703






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1 RECENT FINDINGS: In a major Mendelian randomization study of variants in the HMGCR gene, which encodes the protein through which statins exert their effect, two polymorphisms associated with lower LDL-cholesterol were also associated with higher weight, higher waist circumference, higher glucose and higher diabetes risk. Glucose 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase Homo sapiens