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Regulation of plasma low density lipoprotein levels in postmenopausal women.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2000
Karjalainen A, Heikkinen J, Savolainen M J, Bäckström A C, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
To study the regulation of plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in postmenopausal women (n = 79), fasting plasma lipids and lipoproteins, the fractional catabolic rate (FCR) and production rate for LDL apolipoprotein B (apo B), cholesterol absorption, apolipoprotein E phenotype and polymorphisms of the apo B and 7alpha-hydroxylase genes were determined. The level of LDL cholesterol was related to FCR...
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