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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and changes in serum lipids during a family-based counselling intervention.
Public health nutrition - 1 Oct 2006
Salminen Marika, Lehtimäki Terho, Fan Yue-Mei, Vahlberg Tero, Kivelä Sirkka-Liisa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare serum lipids and their changes during a family-based health education in children aged 6-17 years with or without the epsilon4 allele of the gene encoding apolipoprotein E (apoE). DESIGN: An intervention study. SETTING: A family-based prevention of risk factors of coronary heart disease in Eastern Finland. The programme consisted of two counselling meetings at children's schools and three at...
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