The 9p21 coronary artery disease locus and kidney dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Salvatore De Cosmo,
Sabrina Prudente,
Olga Lamacchia,
Daniela Lucchesi,
Hetal Shah,
Christine Mendonça,
Laura Pucci,
Luana Mercuri,
Ernest V. Gervino,
Thomas H. Hauser,
Diego Bailetti,
Giuseppe Penno,
Mauro Cignarelli,
Alessandro Doria,
Vincenzo Trischitta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfs148
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , diabetes mellitus , kidney disease , type 2 diabetes mellitus , cardiology , disease , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
We investigated whether the coronary artery disease (CAD) locus on chromosome 9p21 (as represented by single nucleotide polymorphism rs2383206) is associated with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or increased urinary albumin excretion in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
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