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Association between hepatic lipase -514 C/T promoter polymorphism and myocardial infarction is modified by history of hypercholesterolemia and waist circumference.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Sept 2010
Baylin A, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Jensen M K, Rimm E, Campos H
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To examine whether the association between the -514 C/T polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene and myocardial infarction (MI) is modified by history of hypercholesterolemia and increased waist circumference. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 1940 pairs of nonfatal MI cases and population-based controls were genotyped. Multiple conditional logistic regression was used for data analyses. The...
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