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The association of common genetic variants in the APOA5, LPL and GCK genes with longitudinal changes in metabolic and cardiovascular traits.
Diabetologia - 1 Jan 2009
Webster R J, Warrington N M, Weedon M N, Hattersley A T, McCaskie P A, Beilby J P, Palmer L J, Frayling T M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Common genetic variants influence plasma triacylglycerol, HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and glucose levels in cross-sectional studies. However, the longitudinal effects of these established variants have not been studied. Our aim was to examine the longitudinal associations of four such variants in the apolipoprotein A-V (APOA5), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and glucokinase (GCK) genes with fasting...
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