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The effect of vitamin therapy on the progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis varies by haptoglobin type in postmenopausal women.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 2004
Levy Andrew P, Friedenberg Paula, Lotan Rachel, Ouyang Pamela, Tripputi Mark, Higginson Lyall, Cobb Frederick R, Tardif Jean-Claude, Bittner Vera, Howard Barbara V
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OBJECTIVE: Antioxidant trials have not demonstrated efficacy in slowing cardiovascular disease but could not rule out benefit for specific patient subgroups. Antioxidant therapy reduces LDL oxidizability in haptoglobin 1 allele homozygotes (Hp 1-1), but not in individuals with the haptoglobin 2 a...
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