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Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on vitamin K status in healthy older adults from China and the UK.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Dec 2005
Yan Liya, Zhou Bo, Nigdikar Shailja, Wang Xiaohong, Bennett Janet, Prentice Ann
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin K concentration in the circulation and the availability of vitamin K to bone may be affected by factors influencing lipoprotein metabolism, such as apoE genotype. The relationships between markers of vitamin K status, bone mineral content and apoE genotype were studied in healthy older men and women aged 60-83 years, 177 from Shenyang, China, and 132 from Cambridge, UK. Fasting plasma was analysed for...
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