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Serum lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (impact factor: 2.05). 04/1998; 16(1):40-3. pp.40-3
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ABSTRACT To examine whether lp(a) can explain a) the increased cardiovascular morbidity in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and b) the wide variation in the tendency for such complications to develop in the patients.
Cross-sectional study.
General practice in a local community in Norway.
One hundred and thirty NIDDM patients and a reference group drawn from a twin study.
Lp(a), self-reported cardiovascular disease, urinary albumin excretion.
The level of lp(a) was equally distributed in our NIDDM population and a reference group. We found no association between lp(a) and self-reported cardiovascular disease and urinary albumin excretion (UAE).
Lp(a) cannot explain the increased risk for cardiovascular disease in NIDDM patients, nor can it explain the variation in the tendency for such complications to develop.

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Keywords

cardiovascular disease
 
Cross-sectional study
 
General practice
 
increased cardiovascular morbidity
 
increased risk
 
local community
 
NIDDM
 
NIDDM patients
 
NIDDM population
 
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
 
patients
 
reference group
 
self-reported cardiovascular disease
 
twin study
 
urinary albumin excretion
 
wide variation
 

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