Association of sex-specific differences in lipoprotein(a) concentrations with cardiovascular mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Association of sex-specific differences in lipoprotein(a) concentrations with cardiovascular mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract Background Compared to individuals without type 2 diabetes mellitus, the relative increase in cardiovascular mortality is much higher in women than in men in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods We evaluated data from 7443 individuals (3792 women, 50.9%), aged 20 to 81 years,...

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Main Authors: Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus, Till Ittermann, Sabine Schipf, Martin Bahls, Matthias Nauck, Henry Völzke, Raul Dias Santos, Annette Peters, Tanja Zeller, Stephan Burkhard Felix, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Barbara Thorand, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Marcus Dörr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Cardiovascular mortality
Dyslipidemia
Lipoprotein(a)
Sex-specific
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-021-01363-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-021-01363-x

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