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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein levels in Italian children.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1991
Xu C F, Talmud P J, Angelico F, Del Ben M, Savill J, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the effect of apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism on serum lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein levels in a sample of 195 children, aged 8-11 years, from Sezze, Central Italy. The relative frequencies of e2, e3, and e4 alleles were 0.062, 0.867, and 0.072, respectively. Variation at the apo E gene locus explained 5.1% of the sample variance in serum total cholesterol levels, 7.6% in...
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