Genetic variants predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in a diabetic population: a Go-DARTS study including meta-analysis

Conclusions: We created a resource to study genetics of left ventricular hypertrophy in diabetes and validated our left ventricular hypertrophy phenotype in replicating single nucleotide polymorphisms identified by previous genome wide association studies investigating left ventricular hypertrophy.

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Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - July 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Helen ParryLouise DonnellyNatalie van ZuydamAlexander DoneyDouglas ElderAndrew MorrisAllan StruthersColin PalmerChim Lang Source Type: research