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Apolipoprotein E genotype: epsilon32 women are protected while epsilon43 and epsilon44 men are susceptible to ischemic heart disease: the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Apr 2000
Frikke-Schmidt R, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Steffensen R, Jensen G, Nordestgaard B G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) differs as a function of apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype in women and men. BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E genotype influences lipids and lipoproteins and, therefore, possibly the risk of IHD. METHODS: We genotyped 9,241 white women and men from the general population and 940 white women and men with IHD. RESULTS: Test of interaction...
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