Gender differences in the association of ELMO1 genetic variants with type 2 diabetes in Tunisian Arabs.

Purpose: Polymorphisms of the engulfment and cell motility 1 (ELMO1) gene were recently associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and its complications. We investigated the association of rs10255208, rs7782979, and rs2041801 ELMO1 gene variants with T2DM in Tunisian Arabs.

Methods: Subjects comprised 900 T2DM patients and 600 normoglycemic controls.