PMID- 29930802 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200929 IS - 2049-9434 (Print) IS - 2049-9442 (Electronic) IS - 2049-9434 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jul TI - Identification of four genes as novel susceptibility loci for early-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, or hyperuricemia. PG - 21-36 LID - 10.3892/br.2018.1105 [doi] AB - Given that early-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and hyperuricemia have been shown to have strong genetic components, the statistical power of a genetic association study may be increased by focusing on early-onset subjects with these conditions. Although genome-wide association studies have identified various genes and loci significantly associated with T2DM, MetS, and hyperuricemia, genetic variants that contribute to predisposition to these conditions in Japanese subjects remain to be identified definitively. We performed exome-wide association studies (EWASs) for early-onset T2DM, MetS, or hyperuricemia to identify genetic variants that confer susceptibility to these conditions. A total of 8,102 individuals aged