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Adiponectin genetic variability, plasma adiponectin, and cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 May 2006
Qi Lu, Doria Alessandro, Manson JoAnn E, Meigs James B, Hunter David, Mantzoros Christos S, Hu Frank B
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that has shown anti-inflammatory and antiatherogenic effects. We assessed the associations of variants in the adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) with circulating adiponectin levels and cardiovascular risk among women with type 2 diabetes. Of 989 diabetic women from the Nurses' Health Study, 285 developed cardiovascular disease (CVD) during follow-up through 2000. We genotyped...
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