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Plasma copeptin levels are inversely associated with intima-media-thickness in men: the population-based KORA F4 study

BACKGROUND: Elevated plasma preprovasopressin (copeptin) levels are associated with cardiovascular complications as well as with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Here, we studied, whether plasma copeptin is related to carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of early atheroscleros...

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Autores principales: Then, Cornelia, Kowall, Bernd, Lechner, Andreas, Meisinger, Christa, Heier, Margit, Koenig, Wolfgang, Peters, Annette, Thiery, Joachim, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Seissler, Jochen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24215469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-168