UNLOCKING GENETIC FACTORS PREDICTING TYPE 2 DIABETES COMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE: THE FIELD STUDY

糖尿病中的心脏病、中风、眼病和肾脏疾病既有环境易感性，也有遗传易感性。在超过5000名澳大利亚糖尿病患者中，这项实地研究旨在确定导致这些并发症的重要基因因素。它将探索基因特征是如何导致疾病的，以及是否可以在简单的血液测试中筛选出最重要的特征。它还将检查糖尿病患者是否会加速衰老造成的基因损伤。

Heart disease, stroke, eye and kidney diseases in diabetes have both environmental and genetic predispositions. With over 5000 Australians with diabetes, this research in the FIELD study is to identify the important genetic contributors to these complications. It will explore how the genetic features cause disease and whether the most important ones can be screened for in simple blood tests. It will also examine whether the genetic damage of ageing is accelerated in diabetes.