Variant rs10911021 that associates with coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes, is associated with lower concentrations of circulating HDL cholesterol and large HDL particles but not with amino acids

An intergenic locus on chromosome 1 (lead SNP rs10911021) was previously associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Using data from the UCLEB consortium we investigated the relation...

Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - August 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Katherine E. Beaney, Jackie A. Cooper, Stela McLachlan, S. Goya Wannamethee, Barbara J. Jefferis, Peter Whincup, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Jacqueline F. Price, Meena Kumari, Andrew Wong, Ken Ong, Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, Mika Kivimaki, Antti J. Kangas, Pasi Soini Source Type: research