Role of mitochondrial DNA copy number in incident cardiovascular diseases and the association between cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: A follow-up study on middle-aged women

CONCLUSIONS: Lower baseline mtDNA-CN is associated with incident CVD and may have a mediating effect on the association between T2D and CVD; however, this novel observation needs to be confirmed in future studies.PMID:34876297 | DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.11.020

Source: Atherosclerosis - December 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kristina Sundquist Jan Sundquist Karolina Palmer Ashfaque A Memon Source Type: research