Article
Postprandial response to a fat tolerance test in young adults with a paternal history of premature coronary heart disease - the EARS II study (European Atherosclerosis Research Study).
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jul 2000
Tiret L, Gerdes C, Murphy M J, Dallongeville J, Nicaud V, O'Reilly D S, Beisiegel U, De Backer G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The European Atherosclerosis Research Study (EARS) I had shown that fasting plasma concentrations of apolipoprotein B (apo B) and triglycerides were the most discriminant variables between offspring with a paternal history of coronary heart disease (CHD) and controls. The EARS II study was undertaken to investigate whether a paternal history of CHD was associated with differences in postprandial...
Topics
- Administration, Oral
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Apolipoprotein C-III
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins C
- Apolipoproteins E
- Case-Control Studies
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Disease