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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

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Rita Nemr, Akram Echtay, Perizat Kanabekova, Zhansaya Bauyrzhanova, Dana Amanzhol, Wassim Y Almawi

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Rita NemrDepartment of Internal Medicine, LAU Medical Center - Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Akram EchtayDepartment of Adult Endocrinology and Diabetes, Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Perizat KanabekovaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Zhansaya BauyrzhanovaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Dana AmanzholFaculty of General Medicine, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Wassim Y AlmawiFaculty of Sciences, El-Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.

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Abstract

Background: ATP-sensitive potassium channels regulate insulin release, with the Methods: A case-control sample of 1,415 adults with T2DM were classified as diabetes without retinopathy (DWR; Results: The K allele was more frequent in T2DM than in controls. Although E23K was not associated with overall DR, its effect was stage-specific. In comparisons of PDR with DWR, each additional K allele increased PDR odds, and K/K homozygosity showed a stronger recessive effect. The K/K genotype was notably enriched among DR patients with HbA1c ≤ 7.0%, indicating an elevated risk under good glycemic control, but showed no signal in those with poorer control. It was also overrepresented in PDR. Risk associations were more pronounced in individuals with diabetes duration ≥10 years, and adding genotype information resulted in a small increase in model discrimination beyond age and sex alone (AUC = 0.552-0.598; ΔAUC = 0.046). However, the overall discriminatory performance remained poor, suggesting limited clinical utility of E23K genotyping as an isolated predictive marker. Conclusion: In this Middle Eastern population,

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diabetic retinopathyKCNJ11 geneKir6.2potassium channeltype 2 diabetes

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