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Lipid metabolism in long-lived families: the Leiden Longevity Study.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2011
Vaarhorst Anika A M, Beekman Marian, Suchiman Eka H D, van Heemst Diana, Houwing-Duistermaat Jeanine J, Westendorp Rudi G J, Slagboom P Eline, Heijmans Bastiaan T
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms underlying the variation in human life expectancy are largely unknown, but lipid metabolism and especially lipoprotein size was suggested to play an important role in longevity. We have performed comprehensive lipid phenotyping in the Leiden Longevity Study (LLS). By applying multiple logistic regression analysis we tested for the first time the effects of parameters in lipid metabolism (i.e.,...
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