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Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in type 2 diabetes. Relation to LDL size, oxidized LDL, and antioxidants.

DOI

157

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0

References

1999

Year

Sari Mäkimattila, Ming‐Lin Liu, Juha Vakkilainen, A Schlenzka, Sanni Lahdenperä, Mikko Syvänne, Matti Mäntysaari, Paula Summanen, Robert Bergholm, Marja‐Riitta Taskinen,
Diabetes Care

Abstract

In summary, patients with type 2 diabetes exhibited impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in vivo, elevated serum triglycerides, decreased LDL size, and normal antioxidant capacity. Of these parameters, LDL size was significantly correlated with endothelial function.