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LDL-cholesterol/apolipoprotein B ratio is a good predictor of LDL phenotype B in type 2 diabetes.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Dec 2002
Wägner A M, Jorba O, Rigla M, Alonso E, Ordóñez-Llanos J, Pérez A
Abstract excerpt
LDL phenotype B is a component of diabetic dyslipidaemia, but its diagnosis is cumbersome. Our aim was to find easily available markers of phenotype B in a group of type 2 diabetic subjects. We studied 123 type 2 diabetic patients (67.5% male, aged 59.3+/-10.1 years, mean HbA1c 7.4%). Clinical features and fasting total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (LDLc, using Friedewald's equation...
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