1. Relationships between metabolic and hemostatic variables in uncomplicated diabetes.
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Vergani C, Bettale G, Mari D, and Mannucci PM
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- Adolescent, Adult, Antigens analysis, Blood Glucose analysis, Cholesterol blood, Cholesterol, HDL, Factor VIII analysis, Factor VIII immunology, Female, Hemoglobin A analysis, Humans, Lipoproteins, HDL blood, Male, Triglycerides blood, von Willebrand Factor, Beta-Globulins analysis, Blood Coagulation Factors analysis, Diabetes Mellitus blood, Lipids blood, beta-Thromboglobulin analysis
- Abstract
Several metabolic (HbA1, HDL-C, triglycerides) and hemostatic (VIIIR: Ag, VIII:C, B-TG variables were investigated in 35 non-obese, insulin-dependent diabetics without clinically evident vascular complications. B-TG was high but did not correlate with other metabolic and hemostatic parameters, suggesting that elevated B-TG in diabetes might be an expression of in vitro platelet activation. VIIIR: Ag and the ratio of VIIIR: Ag to VIII: C were markedly increased. There was a significant correlation of the HbA1 and HDL-C levels with VIIIR: Ag, indicating that VIIIR:Ag is another reflection of metabolic control in diabetes. Additional pathogenic mechanisms, however, appear to be involved in causing the changes in VIIIR: Ag in diabetes.
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- 1981
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