Rafn Benediktsson

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1 Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2006 19.03
2 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
3 Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet 2010 16.96
4 A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2007 13.28
5 Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2007 12.65
6 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2012 11.09
7 Parental origin of sequence variants associated with complex diseases. Nature 2009 7.21
8 The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. Nat Genet 2008 6.72
9 Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution. Nat Genet 2007 5.88
10 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Genet 2014 4.13
11 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
12 Stratifying type 2 diabetes cases by BMI identifies genetic risk variants in LAMA1 and enrichment for risk variants in lean compared to obese cases. PLoS Genet 2012 2.34
13 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
14 Localization of a susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes to chromosome 5q34-q35.2. Am J Hum Genet 2003 1.62
15 [Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iceland 1967-2002]. Laeknabladid 2007 1.50
16 Size at birth and glucose intolerance in a relatively genetically homogeneous, high-birth weight population. Am J Clin Nutr 2002 1.49
17 Relationship between size at birth and hypertension in a genetically homogeneous population of high birth weight. J Hypertens 2002 1.48
18 [Foot disease in Icelandic patients with established type 2 diabetes]. Laeknabladid 2008 1.38
19 Size at birth and coronary artery disease in a population with high birth weight. Am J Clin Nutr 2002 1.11
20 Outcomes of educational interventions in type 2 diabetes: WEKA data-mining analysis. Patient Educ Couns 2007 1.09
21 Effects of statin medication on mortality risk associated with type 2 diabetes in older persons: the population-based AGES-Reykjavik Study. BMJ Open 2011 0.94
22 Unfavourable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus are already apparent more than a decade before onset in a population-based study of older persons: from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-Reykjavik). Eur J Epidemiol 2009 0.87
23 Similar decline in mortality rate of older persons with and without type 2 diabetes between 1993 and 2004 the Icelandic population-based Reykjavik and AGES-Reykjavik cohort studies. BMC Public Health 2013 0.79
24 Infant feeding patterns and midlife erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Acta Paediatr 2007 0.76
25 [Early life residency associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes - the population-based Reykjavík study]. Laeknabladid 2012 0.76
26 [Treatment of type 1 diabetes in adults - problem solved?]. Laeknabladid 2011 0.75
27 [Diagnosis and management of hypertension]. Laeknabladid 2012 0.75
28 [Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults in Iceland: prevalence, phenotype and relatedness]. Laeknabladid 2005 0.75
29 [Self-care and empowerment in diabetes care: use of instruments in clinical practice - a review]. Laeknabladid 2009 0.75
30 [Hypertension with hypokalemia: unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma - case report.]. Laeknabladid 2002 0.75
31 Instruments to tailor care of people with type 2 diabetes. J Adv Nurs 2009 0.75