Sources of variation in plasma lipid and lipoprotein traits in a sample selected for health.

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Substantial variation in plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein B levels was found in a sample of healthy white collar workers aged 23-59 years (144 women, 371 men) devoid of most clinically identifiable manifestations of cardiovascular disease or major biochemical anomalies and for whom data were gathered in Montreal, Canada, in 1987. The nature of this variability was examined for each gender by means of...

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