Genetically Driven Hyperglycemia Increases Risk of Coronary Artery Disease Separately From Type 2 Diabetes.
Jordi MerinoAaron LeongDaniel C PosnerBianca PornealaLluís MasanaJosée DupuisJose C FlorezPublished in: Diabetes care (2017)
Our data support that genetic predisposition to hyperglycemia raises the odds of CAD separately from type 2 diabetes and other CAD risk factors. These findings suggest that modulating glycemia may provide cardiovascular benefit.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- glycemic control
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiovascular disease
- electronic health record
- signaling pathway
- diabetic rats
- genome wide
- heart failure
- gene expression
- dna methylation
- oxidative stress
- machine learning