Inactive Matrix Gla Protein in Relation to Renal and Cardiac Functions and Cardiac Valvular Calcification Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Sara Reda,
Olfat Fawzy,
Doaa Sayed
et al.
Abstract:Background: Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a robust innate suppressor of the detrimental process of vascular calcification in the human body. Objectives: The interrelationship between circulating MGP levels and renal and cardiac dysfunction, besides echocardiographic calcification score (ECS) was investigated in a sample of type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. Methods: The study included 130 subjects. They were 95 patients with T2D and 35 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Patients were further subdivided into 52 … Show more
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