Article
Circulating levels of factor VII, fibrinogen, and von Willebrand factor and features of insulin resistance in first-degree relatives of patients with NIDDM.
Circulation - 1 Nov 1996
Mansfield M W, Heywood D M, Grant P J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: First-degree relatives of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have an increased risk of coronary artery disease partly attributable to clustering of risk factors in association with insulin resistance. Circulating levels of some hemostatic factors predict cor...
Topics
- Adult
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Exons
- Factor VII
- Family Health
- Female
- Fibrinogen
- Genotype
- Humans
- Insulin Resistance
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Risk Factors
- von Willebrand Factor