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Usefulness of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in type 2 diabetes mellitus to predict the presence of coronary artery disease as assessed by computed tomographic coronary angiography.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Dec 2010
de Graaf Fleur R, Schuijf Joanne D, Scholte Arthur J, Djaberi Roxana, van Velzen Joella E, Roos Cornelis J, Kroft Lucia J, de Roos Albert, van der Wall Ernst E, Wouter Jukema J, Després Jean-Pierre, Bax Jeroen J
Abstract excerpt
The present study tested whether in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) the combination of increased waist circumference and increased plasma triglyceride (TG) levels can predict the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) as assessed by multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA). In 202 patients with type 2 DM who were clinically referred for CTA, waist circumference and TG levels...
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