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Smoking influences the association between apolipoprotein E and lipids: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study.
Lipids - 1 Aug 2000
Djoussé L, Myers R H, Coon H, Arnett D K, Province M A, Ellison R C
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E allele 4 (apo epsilon4) and smoking each have been associated with an unfavorable lipid profile. We used data collected on 1,472 subjects in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study to assess whether smoking interacts with apo epsilon4 to influence the levels of plasma lipids. We dichotomized smoking and apo epsilon4 and used analysis of covariance to estimate the means of...
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