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Genetic susceptibility to macrovascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Sept 2001
Barakat K, Hitman G A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a threefold increased risk of developing macrovascular disease such that 75% of such patients will die of cardiovascular complications. This increased risk is, however, not completely explained by traditional risk factors such as smoking, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension and glycaemic control. Moreover, the fact that not all patients with type 2 diabetes develop...
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