Association of a Fasting Glucose Genetic Risk Score With Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

OBJECTIVE: Elevated fasting glucose level is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis. It is unclear if this association is causal. Using the principle of Mendelian randomization, we sought to explore the causal association between circ...

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Auteurs principaux: Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Li, Man, Kao, Wen H., Couper, David, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bielinski, Suzette J., Folsom, Aaron R., Pankow, James S.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Diabetes Association 2011
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Genetics
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012190/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21036910
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db10-0839
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