Detection of genes related to type 2 diabetes

Scientists from the American Genetic Medicine Program (SIGMA) published in the December 25 issue of the journal Nature that discovered a genetic variant that may explain why Latin American Americans are at risk. Type 2 diabetes is higher than others.

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This variant is located on a gene called SLC16A11 - which plays a role in differentiating lipid molecules.

This is the result of a study by SIGMA to understand why Latin American and Latin Americans have nearly twice the rate of type 2 diabetes compared to other white Americans.

After comparing the DNA of 8,214 Latin American and Latin Americans, divided into two groups - with and without diabetes, scientists found that people with SLC16A11 were at high risk for diabetes. 20% more than those without this gene variant.

The scientists also said that the proportion of people with this gene variant is particularly high among native Americans, about 50%, while this rate among Latin American is about 30-40%.

About 11% of East Asians have this gene variant, in Europe it is about 2% and non-African.

This finding has important implications for preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes, often goes hand in hand with obesity and sedentary .

According to the World Health Organization, about 347 million people worldwide have diabetes - occurring when the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to control the amount of glucose or the body cannot effectively consume this insulin.

Diabetes increases the risk of heart, kidney, stroke and blindness.