FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to clinical laboratory diagnostics, and can be used for prediction of risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in males. A sample of peripheral venous blood is taken. DNA extraction is followed by analysis of polymorphic variant rs870406 (G>A) of the GPX3 gene. If the genotype rs870406-A/A is detected, an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus is predicted. When detecting genotypes rs870406-G/G or rs870406-G/A, low risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus is predicted.
EFFECT: method provides obtaining new criteria for assessing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in men based on genotyping polymorphic variant rs870406 (G>A) of the GPX3 gene.
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