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Loci for CETP, LPL, LIPC, and APOC3 affect plasma lipoprotein size and sub-population distribution in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white subjects: the Columbia University BioMarkers Study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Aug 2002
Humphries S E, Berglund L, Isasi C R, Otvos J D, Kaluski D, Deckelbaum R J, Shea S, Talmud P J
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: The effect of genetic variation on plasma lipoproteins and their subfraction distribution was examined. METHODS AND RESULTS: Forty Hispanic men and 223 women and 42 non-Hispanic white men and 53 women participated in the study. Genotypes for cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP TaqIB), hepatic lipase (LIPC -480 C > T), lipoprotein lipase (LPL S447X), and apolipoprotein CIII (APOC3--455T >...
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