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The association between circulating lipoprotein(a) and type 2 diabetes: is it causal?
Diabetes - 1 Jan 2014
Ye Zheng, Haycock Philip C, Gurdasani Deepti, Pomilla Cristina, Boekholdt S Matthijs, Tsimikas Sotirios, Khaw Kay-Tee, Wareham Nicholas J, Sandhu Manjinder S, Forouhi Nita G
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological evidence supports a direct and causal association between lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels and coronary risk, but the nature of the association between Lp(a) levels and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is unclear. In this study, we assessed the association of Lp(a) levels with risk of incident T2D and tested whether Lp(a) levels are causally linked to T2D. We analyzed data on 18,490 participants from...
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