Population-specific risk of type 2 diabetes ( T 2 D ) conferred by HNF 4 A P 2 promoter variants : a lesson for replication studies

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK 2 MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford, UK Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK Endocrine and Metabolism Service, The Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel Diabetes Research Group, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK