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Phenotypic effects of apolipoprotein structural variation on lipid profiles. III. Contribution of apolipoprotein E phenotype to prediction of total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in the healthy women study.
Arteriosclerosis (Dallas, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000
Eichner J E, Kuller L H, Ferrell R E, Meilahn E N, Kamboh M I
Abstract excerpt
The apolipoprotein (apo) E structural locus has been shown to influence concentrations of total cholesterol, apo B, and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in population studies. Apo E has six phenotypes resulting from three common alleles at this locus. In the present study, we have typed 473 healthy white women for apo E. At baseline in 1984, all women were premenopausal. To date, 109 of these women have...
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