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Relationship of APOA5, PPARγ and HL gene variants with serial changes in childhood body mass index and coronary artery disease risk factors in young adulthood.
Lipids in health and disease - 8 May 2011
Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Sachdev Harshpal S, Sharma Meenakshi, Abraham Ransi, Prakash Swami, Gupta Dileep, Singh Yogendra, Bhaskar Seema, Sinha Shikha, Chandak Giriraj R, Reddy Kolli S, Santosh Bhargava
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BACKGROUND: Triglycerides is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and is especially important in Indians because of high prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia in this population. Both genetic and environmental factors determine triglyceride levels. In a birth cohort from India, hypertriglyceridemia was found in 41% of men and 11% of women. Subjects who had high triglycerides had more rapid...
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