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A reduction of CETP activity, not an increase, is associated with modestly impaired postprandial lipemia and increased HDL-cholesterol in adult asymptomatic women.
Lipids in health and disease - 24 May 2011
Parra Eliane S, Urban Aline, Panzoldo Natalia B, Nakamura Rui T, Oliveira Rogério, de Faria Eliana C
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BACKGROUND: The relationship between CETP and postprandial hyperlipemia is still unclear. We verified the effects of varying activities of plasma CETP on postprandial lipemia and precocious atherosclerosis in asymptomatic adult women. METHODS: Twenty-eight women, selected from a healthy population sample (n = 148) were classified according to three CETP levels, all statistically different: CETP deficiency (CETPd...
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