Article
Susceptibility mutations for ischemic heart disease.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Sept 1999
Nordestgaard B G, Tybjaerg-Hansen A
Abstract excerpt
In The Copenhagen City Heart Study, apolipoprotein B Arg3500Gln and Arg3531Cys increased plasma cholesterol 41% and 0%, lipoprotein lipase Gly188Glu, Asn291Ser, and Asp9Asn increased plasma triglycerides 42%, 13% (women only), and 13% (men only), and angiotensin converting enzyme DD increased plasma ACE activity 57%. Risk of ischemic heart disease for these mutations was sevenfold, unchanged, fivefold, twofold...
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