Association of coronary artery ectasia with plasma insulin levels in Japanese men of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with the low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutation K790X.

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BACKGROUND: Hyperinsulinemia is widely believed to be an important coronary risk factor. We investigated the effect of plasma insulin levels on the development of coronary ectasia in Japanese men with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 20 FH men with the LDL receptor mutation (K790X) [age 42.3+/-2.8 years old, body mass index (BMI) 24.6+/-0.7 kg/m2,...

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