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Haptoglobin phenotype is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in individuals with diabetes: The Strong Heart Study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 4 Dec 2002
Levy Andrew P, Hochberg Irit, Jablonski Kathleen, Resnick Helaine E, Lee Elisa T, Best Lyle, Howard Barbara V
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OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine if the haptoglobin phenotype was predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetic mellitus (DM). BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the most frequent, severe, and costly complication of type 2 DM. There are clear geographic and ethnic differences in the risk of CVD among diabetic patients that cannot be fully explained by differences in conventional CVD...
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