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Common cholesteryl ester transfer protein mutations, decreased HDL cholesterol, and possible decreased risk of ischemic heart disease: The Copenhagen City Heart Study.
Circulation - 31 Oct 2000
Agerholm-Larsen B, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Schnohr P, Steffensen R, Nordestgaard B G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesteryl ester from HDL in exchange for triglycerides in apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 2 common mutations in CETP, A373P and R451Q, in 8467 healthy women and men from the Danish general population and in 1636 Danish women and men with ischemic heart disease. The prevalence of 373P and 451Q...
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