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SUBMITTER: Muilwijk M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934847 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muilwijk Mirthe M Nieuwdorp Max M Snijder Marieke B MB Hof Michel H P MHP Stronks Karien K van Valkengoed Irene G M IGM
Scientific reports 20191227 1
Our aim was to identify whether low-grade inflammation, reflected by C-reactive protein (CRP), explains the higher risk for incident type 2 diabetes (T2D) among ethnic minorities. We included 837 Dutch, 712 South-Asian Surinamese, 797 African Surinamese, 804 Ghanaian, 817 Turkish and 778 Moroccan origin participants of the HELIUS study (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). We used multiple linear regression to assess ethnic differences in CRP levels. We determined the association of CRP with T2D and the ...[more]