Article
Genetic susceptibility to coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes: 3 independent studies.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 13 Dec 2011
Qi Lu, Parast Layla, Cai Tianxi, Powers Christine, Gervino Ernest V, Hauser Thomas H, Hu Frank B, Doria Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether coronary heart disease (CHD)-susceptibility loci identified by genome-wide association studies of the general population also contribute to CHD in type 2 diabetes. BACKGROUND: No study has examined the effects of these genetic variants on CHD in diabetic patients. METHODS: We genotyped 15 genetic markers of 12 loci in 3 studies of diabetic patients: the...
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