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Genetic Risk Variants and Diabetes Risk Tools in Kuwait
Reanalyzed and extended Kuwaiti GWAS and exome data to delineate diabetes-risk architecture and develop population-specific genetic risk assessment tools.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Kuwaiti population
- Project type
- Funded translational genomics project
- Research domain
- Diabetes genetics and risk prediction
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Lifecycle status
- completed
- Status basis
- The KFAS project record marks the award finished with effective dates 2017-01-01 to 2024-02-01.
- Status evidence date
- 2024-02-01
- Scale
- Reused existing DDI genome-wide genotype and exome datasets; project page does not state a new enrollment total.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Dasman Diabetes Institute
- Partner organizations
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
- Organism / population
- Existing Kuwaiti GWAS and exome cohorts
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- GWAS
- whole-exome sequencing
- genetic risk scores
Data access
Not stated
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Dated, funded KFAS project with explicit genomic inputs and translational outputs.
Editorial note
Likely reuses the population cohorts above; treat as an analytical project, not a new participant cohort.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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