Type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia: effects of genetic variation in African populations

Background: Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) have been associated with damage to the cardiovascular system in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These patients are two (2X) to four (4X) times more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases (CVD) compared to non-diabetic patients due to d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanyanyiwa, Donald Moshen
Other Authors: Dandara, Collet
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30132