Article
Apolipoprotein B gene polymorphisms are associated with lipid levels in men of South Asian descent.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 1991
Renges H H, Wile D B, McKeigue P M, Marmot M G, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
Three polymorphic sites of the apolipoprotein B gene - the insertion/deletion signal peptide, XbaI and EcoRI sites - were examined in a sample of 107 healthy men and in 46 men with evidence of coronary heart disease selected from a large population survey of South Asians aged 40-69 in London, U.K. There were no significant differences in allele frequencies between cases and controls. Frequencies of the ins...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Apolipoproteins B
- Base Sequence
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Coronary Disease
- England
- Genotype
- Humans
- India