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Association between lipids and apolipoproteins on type 2 diabetes risk; moderating effects of gender and polymorphisms; the ATTICA study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 7 May 2020
Mellor Duane D, Georgousopoulou Ekavi N, D'Cunha Nathan M, Naumovski Nenad, Chrysohoou Christina, Tousoulis Dimitrios, Pitsavos Christos, Panagiotakos Demosthenes B
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a condition defined by hyperglycaemia, but also often presents with dyslipidaemia and suppressed HDL cholesterol. Mendelian randomization studies have suggested a causal link between low HDL cholesterol and T2DM. However, influences of gender, polymorphisms and lifestyle, all known to influence HDL cholesterol, have not been fully explored in a prospective...
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