Article
DNA polymorphisms at the lipoprotein lipase gene are associated with macroangiopathy in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 1995
Ukkola O, Savolainen M J, Salmela P I, von Dickhoff K, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
We studied the effect of variation at the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene locus on the susceptibility of individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus to atherosclerotic vascular disease in a population of 126 male and 114 female patients. The prevalence of any evidence of coronary heart disease (CHD)...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Cholesterol
- Coronary Disease
- DNA Primers
- Deoxyribonuclease HindIII
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Angiopathies
- Female
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Introns
- Lipoprotein Lipase
- Lipoproteins
- Male
- Middle Aged
