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LDL-C plays a causal role on T2DM: a Mendelian randomization analysis.
Aging - 10 Feb 2020
Pan Wenbin, Sun Weiju, Yang Shuo, Zhuang He, Jiang Huijie, Ju Hong, Wang Donghua, Han Ying
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic dyslipidemia is a common condition in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, with the increasing application of statins which mainly decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, clinical trials and meta-analysis showed a clearly increase of the incidence of new-onset DMs, partly due to genetic factors. To determine whether a causal relationship exists between LDL-C and...
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