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Apolipoprotein E genotype and sex influence C-reactive protein levels regardless of exercise training status.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Sept 2008
Angelopoulos Theodore J, Miles Mary P, Lowndes Joshua, Sivo Stephen A, Seip Richard L, Pescatello Linda S, Zoeller Robert F, Visich Paul S, Gordon Paul M, Moyna Niall M, Thompson Paul D
Abstract excerpt
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker for systemic inflammation and increased cardiovascular disease risk. Regular exercise may decrease CRP. Apolipoprotein E (apo E) has 3 common genotype variants--E2/3, 3/3, and 3/4--that modulate lipid metabolism and may have other metabolic physiologic roles,...
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