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Predictors of lipoprotein(a) levels in a European and South Asian population in the Newcastle Heart Project.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2003
Tavridou A, Unwin N, Bhopal R, Laker M F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Understanding of the higher susceptibility of South Asians to coronary heart disease is limited. One explanation is the combination of high prevalence of insulin resistance with higher lipoprotein(a) levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Lipoprotein(a) levels and genotypes in three South Asian groups aged 25-74 years (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi) were compared with a European population in a...
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