NEW YORK, Muharram 18, 1437, Oct 31, 2015, SPA -- Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital have identified three subtypes of type 2 diabetes after analyzing more than 11,000 patient records and identifying common genetic variants among them, UPI reported. The approach taken in analyzing the records has researchers suggesting a similar approach can be applied to other diseases when searching for ways to make treatment better tailored to specific patients. "Our approach demonstrates the potential to unlock clinically meaningful patient population subgroups from the wealth of information that is accumulating in electronic medical record systems," said Dr. Ronald Tamler, director of the Mount Sinai Clinical Diabetes Institute, in a press release. "The unique genetic component of this study yielded high-priority variants for follow-up study in patients with type 2 diabetes. The team's results suggest an attractive alternative to the kind of large-scale, narrow phenotype studies that have produced limited success in explaining common, complex disease." The study is published in Science Translational Medicine. --SPA 10:57 LOCAL TIME 07:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w