Article
Haptoglobin polymorphism as a risk factor for coronary heart disease mortality.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2001
De Bacquer D, De Backer G, Langlois M, Delanghe J, Kesteloot H, Kornitzer M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: the aim of our study was to evaluate the independent role of the haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality. METHODS: within the framework of the longitudinal part of the Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Health (BIRNH) survey, a nested case-control study design was performed through matching the 107 deaths from CHD, occurring within a...
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