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- Title
Haptoglobin type and 30-day mortality in diabetic individuals presenting with acute myocardial infarction.
- Authors
Suleiman, Mahmoud; Kapeliovich, Michael R.; Roguin, Ariel; Aronson, Doron; Meisel, Simcha R.; Shochat, Michael; Reisner, Shimon A.; Hammerman, Haim; Lotan, Rachel; Levy, Nina S.; Levy, Andrew P.
- Abstract
Determines the association between the haptoglobin (Hp) type and major adverse cardiac events in diabetics occurring within 30 days of acute myocardial infarction. Mechanism for the differential susceptibility conferred by the Hp type; Differences in the antioxidant protection afforded by the protein products of the different Hp alleles.
- Subjects
HAPTOGLOBINS; MYOCARDIAL infarction; PEOPLE with diabetes; DISEASES; DIABETES complications; MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality; ALLELES; BLOOD proteins; COMPARATIVE studies; DIABETIC angiopathies; GLOBULINS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TIME; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Diabetes Care, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 9, p2699
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.26.9.2699