If you're a Mongolian adult with type 2 diabetes and have high levels of a protein called ferritin in your blood, you might be at greater risk for heart problems over the next 10 years — and this seems to be true even if your other signs of inflammation are normal.

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High Meat Intake and Ferritin Levels in Relation to Cardiovascular Risk Among Individuals with Diabetes in Mongolia

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2024 Dec 9

The study found that higher ferritin levels were linked to higher heart disease risk in Mongolian adults with diabetes, and this wasn’t because of inflammation. That’s exactly what the claim says.

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High Meat Intake and Ferritin Levels in Relation to Cardiovascular Risk Among Individuals with Diabetes in Mongolia

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DOI: 10.3390/nu16234245

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