Article
PAI-1 concentrations in first-degree relatives of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes: metabolic and genetic associations.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 1997
Mansfield M W, Stickland M H, Grant P J
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To identify whether levels of PAI-1 are elevated in relatives of NIDDM patients and the extent to which they relate to features of insulin resistance and to genotype at a common PAI-1 promoter polymorphism. RESULTS: In 132 first-degree relatives of NIDDM patients and 151 controls PAI-1 activ...
Topics
- Adult
- Arteriosclerosis
- Blood Glucose
- Blood Pressure
- Body Mass Index
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- England
- Family
- Female
- Genotype
- Glycated Hemoglobin
- Humans
- Insulin Resistance
- Lipids
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
- Risk Factors
