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Lewis blood group phenotype as an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (the NHLBI Family Heart Study).
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Feb 1999
Ellison R C, Zhang Y, Myers R H, Swanson J L, Higgins M, Eckfeldt J
Abstract excerpt
In the Copenhagen Male Study, men with Lewis blood group phenotype Le(a-b-) were found to have increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD); such a relation has not been confirmed in men, and has not been evaluated in women. In the NHLBI Family Heart Study, we determined the Lewis blood type of 1,620 white subjects (790 male and 830 female subjects). The Lewis(a-b-) phenotype was found in 142 subjects (8.8%),...
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