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Gender-specific effects of apolipoprotein E genotype on plasma lipid levels in a population-based sample of 6-7-year-old children in Spain.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jan 2002
Garcés C, Benavente M, Lasunción M A, Ortega H, Nájera G, de Oya M
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AIM: The effects of gender on the association between apolipoprotein E genotype and plasma lipid levels remain unclear in children. The aim of the present work was to evaluate these gender differences in a large population-based sample of 6-7-y-old children, free of the effects of sex hormones. METHODS: Lipid levels and apo E genotypes were studied in a sample of 1255 (631 M, 624 F) Caucasian schoolchildren, aged...
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