L-Arginine and SDMA Serum Concentrations Are Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).

<h4>Objective</h4>Even though ˪-arginine (ARG) derivatives can predict cardiovascular mortality, their role as atherosclerotic biomarkers is unclear. We tested the hypothesis if asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) and the sum of both (DMA) are positively...

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Main Authors: Martin Bahls, Nele Friedrich, Dorothee Atzler, Stephan B Felix, Matthias A Nauck, Rainer H Böger, Henry Völzke, Edzard Schwedhelm, Marcus Dörr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131293