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Interaction of alcohol and the G to a substitution at the promoter region of the apolipoprotein AI gene in determining plasma apolipoprotein AI levels in Yi and Han Chinese.
Chinese medical journal - 1 May 2000
Zhao Q, She M, Shen P, Zhang H, Zhou M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence on plasma lipid levels of alcohol and a common polymorphism in the human apolipoprotein AI gene promoter at a position 75 bp upstream of the transcription start site. METHODS: For this study, 742 healthy Yi and Han subjects all above 15 years old formed the total population which was divided into three groups: the Yi-farmer group, the Yi-emigrant group and the Han-resident...
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