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Variation in the fatty acid binding protein 2 gene is not associated with markers of metabolic syndrome in patients with coronary heart disease.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Apr 2002
Erkkilä A T, Lindi V, Lehto S, Pyörälä K, Laakso M, Uusitupa M I J
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: It has been suggested that the threonine (Thr) 54 allele of the intestinal fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) gene is associated with insulin resistance and affects the fatty acid composition of serum lipids. Our aim was to investigate the frequency of the alanine (Ala) 54Thr polymorphism of the FABP2 gene in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), and the association between the...
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