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Haptoglobin genotype and cerebrovascular disease incidence in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes & vascular disease research - 1 Sept 2014
Costacou Tina, Secrest Aaron M, Ferrell Robert E, Orchard Trevor J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We prospectively evaluated the haptoglobin (Hp)-stroke association in type 1 diabetes and hypothesized that despite increasing the risk of coronary artery disease, the presence of the Hp 2 allele would be associated with a lower incidence of stroke. METHODS: Participants from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications study without prevalent stroke and Hp available were evaluated (n = 607; mean age...
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