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Codon 54 polymorphism of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) 2 gene is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in the dyslipidemic diabetic participants of the Veterans Affairs HDL intervention trial (VA-HIT).
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2007
Georgopoulos Angeliki, Bloomfield Hanna, Collins Dorothea, Brousseau Margaret E, Ordovas Jose M, O'Connor John J, Robins Sander J, Schaefer Ernest J
Abstract excerpt
The threonine (Thr) for alanine (Ala) codon 54 polymorphism of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) 2 gene, when compared to the wild type, is associated with dyslipidemia. Since dyslipidemia is common in diabetes and is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, we tested the hypothesis that Thr-54 is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes. The secondary prevention veterans...
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