C-reactive protein is an independent predictor of risk for the development of diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study.

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Published in Diabetes on May 01, 2002

Authors

Dilys J Freeman1, John Norrie, Muriel J Caslake, Allan Gaw, Ian Ford, Gordon D O Lowe, Denis St J O'Reilly, Chris J Packard, Naveed Sattar, West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. d.freeman@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

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