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ea0049ep550 | Diabetes complications | ECE2017

Can the most frequent DRB1* gene’s alleles be associated with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy among patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus? A case – control pilot study

Razanskaite-Virbickiene Dovile , Vezbaviciene Vilma , Skrodeniene Erika , Zalinkevicius Rimantas

Background and aim: HLA alleles are associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and a spectrum of risk can be from increased to neutral or to protective. We aimed to evaluate the association of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) with DRB1* gene’s alleles among T1D.Methods: The case – control pilot study included 70 patients with T1D at the age 18-54 years. 36 patients with CAN were assigned to the case group and 34 patients without CAN – ...