Article
Metabolic basis of primary hypercholesterolemia.
Circulation - 1 Jul 1991
Vega G L, Denke M A, Grundy S M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypercholesterolemia is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease. However, the mechanisms underlying hypercholesterolemia, elevated low density lipoprotein (LDL) in particular, are not well understood. To determine these mechanisms, we studied LDL kinetics in a group...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Dietary Fats
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Lipoproteins, LDL
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype