Nonfasting glucose, ischemic heart disease, and myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study

Marianne Benn, Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, Mark I McCarthy, Gorm B Jensen, Peer Grande, Børge G Nordestgaard

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test whether elevated nonfasting glucose levels associate with and cause ischemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI).
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican College of Cardiology. Journal
Volume59
Issue number25
Pages (from-to)2356-65
Number of pages10
ISSN0735-1097
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alleles
  • Blood Glucose
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Denmark
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Hypertension
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Mendelian Randomization Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Odds Ratio
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors

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