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Apolipoprotein e4 allele is predictor of coronary artery disease death in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2004
Guang-da Xiang, You-ying Liu, Zhi-song Chen, Yu-sheng He, Xiang-jiu Yang
Abstract excerpt
The presence of the apolipoprotein (Apo) e4 allele is reported to be associated with the increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as the impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore, we hypothesized that the Apo e4 allele increases the death risk from coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes. From January 1993 to December 1999, 36 type 2 diabetic patients...
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