Target organ damage and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Strong Heart Study

Target organ damage and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Strong Heart Study

Abstract Background Recent analyses in a registry of hypertensive patients suggested that preceding left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) and/or carotid atherosclerosis are associated with incident type 2 diabetes, independent of confounders. We assess the relation between prevalent cardio-renal t...

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Main Authors: Giovanni de Simone, Wenyu Wang, Lyle G. Best, Fawn Yeh, Raffaele Izzo, Costantino Mancusi, Mary J. Roman, Elisa T. Lee, Barbara V. Howard, Richard B. Devereux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Arterial hypertension
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Left atrial dilatation
Target organ damage
Body composition
Inflammation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0542-6

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