PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Evans, D A
AU  - Paterson, S
AU  - Francisco, P
AU  - Alvarez, G
TI  - The acetylator phenotypes of Saudi Arabian diabetics.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.22.6.479
DP  - 1985 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 479--483
VI  - 22
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/22/6/479.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/22/6/479.full
SO  - J Med Genet1985 Dec 01; 22
AB  - There is a significant association between the rapid acetylator phenotype and diabetes in European populations. Diabetes is a common problem in Saudi Arabians with some clinical features differentiating it from the disorder in Europeans. A series of 100 Saudi diabetics and 100 Saudi controls has been acetylator phenotyped. The controls showed 33 rapid acetylators (R) and 67 slow acetylators (S), a result closely similar to that previously published for the Saudi population. Overall the diabetics showed 27 R and 73 S which is not significantly different from the controls. The type I diabetics, however, showed two R and 22 S which is not only significantly different from the controls and the type II diabetics, but also the reverse of the association found in European populations.