Haptoglobin Phenotype Modifies the Effect of Fenofibrate on Risk of Coronary Event: ACCORD Lipid Trial

What is it about?

Everyone’s body makes one of two major forms of the common cholesterol-related blood protein called haptoglobin. We found that a common cholesterol medication prevented heart disease in people with diabetes who had one haptoglobin form, but people with the other form had no heart disease benefit.

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