Total Mortality by Elevated Transferrin Saturation in Patients With Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: It is not known to what extent iron overload predicts prognosis in patients with diabetes after diagnosis or whether iron overload is a risk factor independent of the HFE genotype. We investigated total and cause-specific mortality according to increased transferrin saturation (≥50 vs. &l...

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Main Authors: Ellervik, Christina, Andersen, Henrik Ullits, Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne, Frandsen, Merete, Birgens, Henrik, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Mandrup-Poulsen, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Diabetes Association 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747880/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23801727
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-2032
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