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Heart rate variability is associated with haptoglobin phenotype in patients with coronary artery disease.
European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology - 1 Jun 2005
Christensen Jeppe Hagstrup, Krarup Henrik Bygum, Riahi Sam, Toft Egon, Schmidt Erik Berg
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Three haptoglobin phenotypes exist called Hp 1-1, Hp 2-2, and Hp 2-1. Patients carrying the haptoglobin 1 allele seem to be partly protected against coronary artery disease. An attenuated heart rate variability is associated with a poor outcome in patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, we hypothesized that the presence of the haptoglobin 1 allele would be associated with a favourable heart...
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