Prevalence of Diabetes and Its Association with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia: An Analysis from the Hellenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry (HELLAS-FH)

• Main Authors: Chrysoula Boutari (Author), Christos V. Rizos (Author), Michalis Doumas (Author), George Liamis (Author), Ioannis Skoumas (Author), Loukianos Rallidis (Author), Anastasia Garoufi (Author), Genovefa Kolovou (Author), Konstantinos Tziomalos (Author), Emmanouil Skalidis (Author), Vasileios Kotsis (Author), George Sfikas (Author), Vaia Lambadiari (Author), Panagiotis Anagnostis (Author), Eleni Bilianou (Author), Georgia Anastasiou (Author), Iosif Koutagiar (Author), Estela Kiouri (Author), Achilleas Attilakos (Author), Vana Kolovou (Author), Evangelos Zacharis (Author), Christina Antza (Author), Evangelos Liberopoulos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are both associated with a high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Little is known about the prevalence of T2DM and its association with ASCVD risk in FH patients. This was a cross-sectional analysis from the...