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A clustering analysis of lipoprotein diameters in the metabolic syndrome.
Lipids in health and disease - 19 Dec 2011
Frazier-Wood Alexis C, Glasser Stephen, Garvey W Timothy, Kabagambe Edmond K, Borecki Ingrid B, Tiwari Hemant K, Tsai Michael Y, Hopkins Paul N, Ordovas Jose M, Arnett Donna K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The presence of smaller low-density lipoproteins (LDL) has been associated with atherosclerosis risk, and the insulin resistance (IR) underlying the metabolic syndrome (MetS). In addition, some research has supported the association of very low-, low- and high-density lipoprotein (VLDL HDL) particle diameters with components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), although this has been the focus of less...
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