Relationship between serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 level and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

Twenty-seven cases of simple type 2 diabetes mellitus,30 cases of coronary heart disease,and 32 cases of type 2 diabetes with coronary heart disease were enrolled in this study according to the results of coronary angiography.Meanwhile,32 healthy subjects were taken as a control group.The serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and other clinical and laboratory parameters were determined.The results showed that serum MMP-9 may play a minor role in the progression of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients.