The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9, Supplement 1 , Pages S69-S78, September 2006

The Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in Sex Hormone Biosynthesis and Action with Insulin Sensitivity and Diabetes Mellitus in Women at Midlife

  • Joan C. Lo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA, and Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Xinhua Zhao, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Angelo Scuteri, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and Unità Operativa Geriatria, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Sarah Brockwell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • MaryFran R. Sowers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to MaryFran R. Sowers, PhD, 339 East Liberty, Suite 310, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.

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 The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) and the SWAN Repository were supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (Grant Nos. AG017719, NR004061, AG012505, AG012535, AG012531, AG012539, AG012546, AG012553, AG012554, and AG012495). The Sex Steroid Hormone Genetics Protocol was supported by the SWAN Repository.This report is based on samples from the SWAN DNA Repository. Scientists interested in developing studies based on this resource can find a description of the SWAN Core Repository and DNA Repository and information on obtaining access to the resources at www.swanrepository.org.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00831-X

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.07.009

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9, Supplement 1 , Pages S69-S78, September 2006

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