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SUBMITTER: Orchard TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5050105 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov - Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orchard Trevor J TJ Backlund Jye-Yu C JC Costacou Tina T Cleary Patricia P Lopes-Virella Maria M Levy Andrew P AP Lachin John M JM
Journal of diabetes and its complications 20160725 8
<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>Haptoglobin(Hp) 2-2 genotype has been shown to increase coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in numerous type 2 diabetes studies but in only one type 1 diabetes cohort. We assessed the association of Hp2-2 with incident CAD over 26years of follow-up in 1303 Caucasian participants of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) study.<h4>Methods</h4>DCCT randomized volunteers with type 1 diabetes to intensi ...[more]