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Association of haptoglobin types with serum lipids and apolipoproteins in a Chinese population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 1992
Saha N, Liu Y, Tay J S, Basair J, Ho C H
Abstract excerpt
Association of haptoglobin types with serum lipids and apolipoprotein levels was investigated in a healthy Chinese population of both sexes (n = 679) in Singapore. The frequency of Hp1 and Hp2 was found to be 0.30 and 0.70, respectively. The distribution of haptoglobin phenotypes was at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in this population. There was an excess of Hp2 in individuals with the upper two quartiles of serum...
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