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Peripheral vascular disease in Type 2 diabetic Chinese patients: associations with metabolic indices, concomitant vascular disease and genetic factors.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Dec 2003
Thomas G N, Critchley J A J H, Tomlinson B, Cockram C S, Chan J C N
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AIMS: Conventional and genetic risk factors have been reported to play a role in the pathogenesis of vascular disease, but do not explain the lower burden of cardiac and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in Chinese compared with Caucasians. The role of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) gene polymorphisms and conventional vascular risk factors has not been determined. METHODS: A total of 3097 Chinese diabetic...
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