Article
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, low-grade systemic inflammation and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Aug 2018
Noordam R, Oudt C H, Bos M M, Smit R A J, van Heemst D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The role of inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) remains unclear. We investigated the associations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) concentration with T2D and glycemic traits using two-sample Mendelian Randomization. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used publically available summary-statistics data from genome-wide association studies on T2D (DIAGRAM: 12 171 cases; 56 862...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
