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Interactions Between Total Plasma Homocysteine, Oxidized LDL Levels, Thiolactonase Activities and Dietary Habits in Tunisian Diabetic Patients

Nadia Koubaa, Maha Smaoui, Sounira Mehri, Amel Nakbi, Sonia Ouali Hammami, Raja Châaba, Khaldoun Ben, Fethi Betbout et al.

InTech eBooks, 2011

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the predominant cause for morbidity and mortality in diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients with diabetes mellitus have two to three times the incidence of atherosclerotic disease compared to the general population (Kannel & McGee, 1979). Several etiologic factors increase susceptibility to CVD in DM including insulin resistance,

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