Article
Birth weight and blood lipid levels in Spanish adolescents: influence of selected APOE, APOC3 and PPARgamma2 gene polymorphisms. The AVENA Study.
BMC medical genetics - 10 Nov 2008
Ruiz Jonatan R, Labayen Idoia, Ortega Francisco B, Moreno Luis A, González-Lamuño Domingo, Martí Amelia, Nova Esther, Fuentes Miguel García, Redondo-Figuero Carlos, Martínez J Alfredo, Sjöström Michael, Castillo Manuel J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence indicating that genes involved in certain metabolic processes of cardiovascular diseases may be of particular influence in people with low body weight at birth. We examined whether the apolipoprotein (APO) E, APOC3 and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma-2 (PPARgamma2) polymorphisms influence the association between low birth weight and blood lipid levels...
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