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The APOA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster and markers of allostatic load in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Nov 2011
Mattei J, Demissie S, Tucker K L, Ordovas J M
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The APOA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster encodes key regulators of plasma lipids. Interactions between dietary factors and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cluster have been reported. Allostatic load, or physiological dysregulation in response to stress, has been implicated in shaping health disparities in ethnic groups. We aimed to determine the association between polymorphisms in the...
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