Association of BMI, lipid-lowering medication, and age with prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a worldwide cross-sectional study

Background Statins are the cornerstone treatment for patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia but research suggests it could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in the general population. A low prevalence of type 2 diabetes was reported in some familial hypercholesterolaemia cohort...

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Published in:LANCET DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY
Main Authors: Elshorbagy, Amany; Lyons, Alexander R. M.; Vallejo-Vaz, Antonio J.; Stevens, Christophe A. T.; Dharmayat, Kanika I.; Brandts, Julia; Catapano, Alberico L.; Freiberger, Tomas; Hovingh, G. Kees; Mata, Pedro; Raal, Frederick J.; Santos, Raul D.; Soran, Handrean; Watts, Gerald F.; Abifadel, Marianne; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Alhabib, Khalid F.; Alkhnifsawi, Mutaz; Almahmeed, Wael; Alnouri, Fahad; Alonso, Rodrigo; Al-Rasadi, Khalid; Al-Sarraf, Ahmad; Ashavaid, Tester F.; Banach, Maciej; Binder, Christoph J.; Bourbon, Mafalda; Brunham, Liam R.; Chlebus, Krzysztof; Corral, Pablo; Cruz, Diogo; Davletov, Kairat; Descamps, Olivier S.; Ezhov, Marat; Gaita, Dan; Groselj, Urh; Harada-Shiba, Mariko; Holven, Kirsten B.; Kayikcioglu, Meral; Khovidhunkit, Weerapan; Lalic, Katarina; Latkovskis, Gustavs; Laufs, Ulrich; Liberopoulos, Evangelos; Lima-Martinez, Marcos M.; Lin, Jie; Maher, Vincent; Marais, A. David; Marz, Winfried; Mirrakhimov, Erkin; Miserez, Andre R.; Mitchenko, Olena; Nawawi, Hapizah; Nordestgaard, Borge G.; Panayiotou, Andrie G.; Paragh, Gyorgy; Petrulioniene, Zaneta; Pojskic, Belma; Postadzhiyan, Arman; Reda, Ashraf; Reiner, Zeljko; Reyes, Ximena; Sadiq, Fouzia; Sadoh, Wilson E.; Schunkert, Heribert; Shek, Aleksandr B.; Stroes, Erik; Su, Ta-Chen; Subramaniam, Tavintharan; Susekov, Andrey V.; Tilney, Myra; Tomlinson, Brian; Thanh-Huong Truong; Tselepis, Alexandros D.; Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne; Vazquez, Alejandra C.; Viigimaa, Margus; Vohnout, Branislav; Wang, Luya; Yamashita, Shizuya; Arca, Marcello; Averna, Maurizio; Ray, Kausik K.
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Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC 2024
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Online Access:https://www-webofscience-com.uitm.idm.oclc.org/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001381420900001