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. 2017 Feb 28;66(6):1713–1722. doi: 10.2337/db16-0874

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Potential pathways in which SNPs influence type 2 diabetes risk. In model A, type 2 diabetes risk variants exert their effects on disease (or disease-related traits) through perturbation of DNA methylation. In model B, genetic risk variants are associated with DNA methylation through their influence on disease itself. In model C, genetic risk variants are associated with DNA methylation and disease independently. T2D, type 2 diabetes.