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Quantification of the clinical modifiers impacting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the community: Personalized Medicine Research Project.
Preventive cardiology - 1 Jan 2010
Wilke Russell A, Berg Richard L, Linneman James G, Peissig Peggy, Starren Justin, Ritchie Marilyn D, McCarty Catherine A
Abstract excerpt
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are inversely correlated with the development of cardiovascular disease. To date, genetic association studies have explained only a small proportion of the overall variance in HDL cholesterol. Further studies are needed, within practice-based cohorts, to place genetic findings into context alongside important clinical variables (eg, age, sex, body mass index,...
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