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Exploring genetic determinants of plasma total cholesterol levels and their predictive value in a longitudinal study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2010
Lu Yingchang, Feskens Edith J M, Boer Jolanda M A, Imholz Sandra, Verschuren W M Monique, Wijmenga Cisca, Vaarhorst Anika, Slagboom Eline, Müller Michael, Dollé Martijn E T
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BACKGROUND: Plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels are highly genetically determined. Although ample evidence of genetic determination of separate lipoprotein cholesterol levels has been reported, using TC level directly as a phenotype in a relatively large broad-gene based association study has not been reported to date. METHODS AND RESULTS: We genotyped 361 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across 243 genes...
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