Lipid ratios and appropriate cut off values for prediction of diabetes: a cohort of Iranian men and women

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Dyslipidemia is a risk factor for incident type 2 diabetes; however, no study has specifically assessed the lipid ratios (i.e. total cholesterol (TC)/high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG)/HDL-C) as predic...

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Main Authors: Hadaegh Farzad, Hatami Masumeh, Tohidi Maryam, Sarbakhsh Parvin, Saadat Navid, Azizi Feridoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/9/1/85