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Relationship of abdominal adiposity and dyslipemic status in women with a common mutation in the lipoprotein lipase gene. The REGICOR investigators.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 2000
Sentí M, Bosch M, Aubó C, Elosua R, Masià R, Marrugat J
Abstract excerpt
Abdominal obesity constitutes an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Hypertriglyceridemia and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration constitute the major lipid alterations observed in obesity. A common variant of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene, the HindIII polymorphism, has been found to be associated with changes in triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels. We have...
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