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Impact of psychological stress on the associations between apolipoprotein E variants and metabolic traits: findings in an American sample of caregivers and controls.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jun 2010
Kring Sofia I Iqbal, Brummett Beverly H, Barefoot John, Garrett Melanie E, Ashley-Koch Allison E, Boyle Stephen H, Siegler Ilene C, Sørensen Thorkild I A, Williams Redford B
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene variants and waist circumference, fasting plasma glucose, serum insulin, serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and serum triglycerides, all metabolic traits known as cardiovascular disease (CVD) endophenotypes, in a population of stressed individuals and controls. Abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, elevated serum lipid...
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