The association between postload plasma glucose levels and 38-year mortality risk of coronary heart disease: the prospective NHLBI Twin Study.

The association between postload plasma glucose levels and 38-year mortality risk of coronary heart disease: the prospective NHLBI Twin Study.

BACKGROUND:Due to the paucity of direct evidence, we aimed to evaluate whether the association between postload plasma glucose levels (ppGlucose) and long-term risk of mortality from coronary heart disease was independent of or attributable to genes and common environment. METHODS AND FINDINGS:From...

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Main Authors: Jun Dai, Ruth E Krasnow, Lei Liu, Stephen G Sawada, Terry Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3716604?pdf=render

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