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Haptoglobin phenotype and prevalent coronary heart disease in the Framingham offspring cohort.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2004
Levy Andrew P, Larson Martin G, Corey Diane, Lotan Rachel, Vita Joseph A, Benjamin Emelia J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The haptoglobin (Hp) locus is polymorphic with two major alleles denoted 1 and 2. Several recent prospective longitudinal studies have demonstrated conflicting results regarding whether there is an increase or decrease in the relative risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) conferred on individuals homozygous for the haptoglobin 1 allele (Hp 1-1). METHODS: We sought to examine the relationship between Hp...
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