Non-HDL cholesterol is less informative than the total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio in predicting cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care. 2005 Jul;28(7):1796-7. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.7.1796.

Authors

Rury R Holman¹, Ruth L Coleman, Brian S F Shine, Richard J Stevens

Affiliation

¹ Diabetes Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.

PMID: 15983339
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.7.1796

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomarkers / blood
Cardiovascular Diseases / blood
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cholesterol / blood*
Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood*
Diabetic Angiopathies / blood
Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Time Factors
United Kingdom / epidemiology

Substances

Biomarkers
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol