A new study found that risk factors for diabetes in patients with the genetic condition are the same as for those in the general population.
A new review found that a genetic condition that puts people at a risk for high cholesterol is not protective against type 2 diabetes , despite previous studies suggesting the opposite.
Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a common autosomal dominant condition that causes reduced clearance of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, leading to a higher risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease . About 1 in 311 people worldwide have the condition, according to the EAS authors.
The authors found that the incidence of T2D was highest in individuals from the Eastern Mediterranean , Southeast Asia and Western Pacific , and the Americas . The authors found the risk for T2D was higher with obesity than with statin use. But statins should not be discontinued, wrote the authors. The decrease in the risk for CVD with statins outweighed the risk for T2D in both the general population and those with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, they wrote.
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