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Association of metabolic and genetic factors with cholesterol esterification rate in HDL plasma and atherogenic index of plasma in a 40 years old Slovak population.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2011
Rašlová K, Dobiášová M, Hubáček J A, Bencová D, Siváková D, Danková Z, Franeková J, Jabor A, Gašparovič J, Vohnout B
Abstract excerpt
We assessed association between novel biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and conventional factors in 40 years old subjects (208 men and 266 women) from the general population of Slovakia. FER(HDL) (cholesterol esterification rate in HDL plasma), AIP--Atherogenic Index of Plasma [Log(TG/HDL-C)] as markers of lipoprotein particle size, and CILP2, FTO and MLXIPL polymorphisms, were examined in relation to...
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