Significance of Epicardial and Intrathoracic Adipose Tissue Volume among Type 1 Diabetes Patients in the DCCT/EDIC: A Pilot Study

Sirous Darabian; Jye-Yu C. Backlund; Patricia A. Cleary; Nasim Sheidaee; Ionut Bebu; John M. Lachin; Matthew J. Budoff; DCCT/EDIC Research Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159958

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Significance of Epicardial and Intrathoracic Adipose Tissue Volume among Type 1 Diabetes Patients in the DCCT/EDIC: A Pilot Study

Sirous Darabian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research institute, Torrance, California, United States of America
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Jye-Yu C. Backlund ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation The Biostatistics Center, the George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Patricia A. Cleary ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation The Biostatistics Center, the George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Nasim Sheidaee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research institute, Torrance, California, United States of America
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Ionut Bebu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation The Biostatistics Center, the George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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John M. Lachin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sirous Darabian, Jye-Yu C. Backlund, Patricia A. Cleary, Nasim Sheidaee, Ionut Bebu, John M. Lachin

Affiliation The Biostatistics Center, the George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Matthew J. Budoff ,

* E-mail: mbudoff@labiomed.org

Current address: Division of Cardiology Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research institute, Torrance, California, United States of America
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DCCT/EDIC Research Group

¶A complete list of participants in the DCCT/EDIC Research Group is presented in the Acknowledgments.
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Significance of Epicardial and Intrathoracic Adipose Tissue Volume among Type 1 Diabetes Patients in the DCCT/EDIC: A Pilot Study

Sirous Darabian,
Jye-Yu C. Backlund,
Patricia A. Cleary,
Nasim Sheidaee,
Ionut Bebu,
John M. Lachin,
Matthew J. Budoff,
DCCT/EDIC Research Group

Published: July 26, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159958

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