Non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus, coronary artery disease, stroke and cancers, are major contributors to ill health across the world including Asia. These conditions are multi-factorial in origin, often involving complex gene-environment interactions. Singapore is a multi-ethnic island state and provides a useful model to evaluate determinants of the development of chronic diseases in Asian ethnic groups. Three major Asian ethnic groups are represented in Singapore: Chinese, Malays and Indians. The Singapore Multi-Ethnic Cohort (MEC) allows us to better understand how genes and lifestyle may influence health and diseases differently in persons of Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicity. As these ethnic groups reside in the same...

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队列简介：新加坡多族裔队列（MEC）研究。

非传染性疾病，例如2型糖尿病（T2D），冠状动脉疾病，中风和癌症，是导致包括亚洲在内的世界各地健康欠佳的主要因素。这些条件是多因素起源的，通常涉及复杂的基因-环境相互作用。新加坡是一个多民族的岛屿国家，为评估亚洲种族慢性病发展的决定因素提供了有用的模型。新加坡有三个主要的亚洲种族群体：华人，马来人和印第安人。新加坡多族裔群体（MEC）使我们能够更好地了解基因，生活方式如何对华人，马来人和印度人的健康和疾病产生不同的影响。这些族群生活在同一个地方...