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SUBMITTER: Guo C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3715282 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guo Changlei C Hu Fudong F Zhang Shaoli S Wang Yakun Y Liu Hengdao H
Genetics and molecular biology 20130517 2
Osteoprotegerin (OPG) gene polymorphisms (T245G, T950C and G1181C) have been associated with osteoporosis and early predictors of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether these polymorphisms contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in type 2 diabetic patients. We performed a case-control study with 178 CVD subjects with diabetes and 312 diabetic patients without CVD to assess the impact of variants of the OPG gene on the risk of CVD. The OPG gene polymorphisms were ...[more]