Article
Relationships between obesity and ischaemic heart disease in type II diabetic subjects homozygous for the apoprotein E3 allele.
International journal of tissue reactions - 1 Jan 1991
Boemi M, Romagnoli F, De Tommaso G, Ricciotti R, Fumelli P
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the influence of obesity on ischaemic heart disease frequency in a well-documented type II diabetic population. To eliminate one of the possible sources of variability for plasma lipid concentrations, only subjects showing the apoprotein E phenotyp...
Topics
- Alleles
- Apolipoprotein E3
- Apolipoproteins E
- Coronary Disease
- Diabetes Complications
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Obesity
