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Prospective evaluation of B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations and the risk of type 2 diabetes in women.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Mar 2013
Everett Brendan M, Cook Nancy R, Chasman Daniel I, Magnone Maria C, Bobadilla Maria, Rifai Nader, Ridker Paul M, Pradhan Aruna D
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BACKGROUND: Animal data suggest that natriuretic peptides play an important role in energy metabolism, but prospective studies evaluating a relationship between these peptides and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in humans are few and results are conflicting. METHODS: We used a prospective case-cohort approach (n = 491 T2DM cases, n = 561 reference subcohort) within the Women's Health Study to evaluate baseline...
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