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Significant associations between lipoprotein(a) and corrected apolipoprotein B-100 levels in African-Americans.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2014
Enkhmaa Byambaa, Anuurad Erdembileg, Zhang Wei, Berglund Lars
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Lipoprotein(a), Lp(a), represents an apolipoprotein (apo) B-carrying lipoprotein, yet the relationship between Lp(a) and apoB levels has not been fully explored. METHODS: We addressed the relationship between Lp(a) and apoB-containing lipoprotein levels in 336 Caucasians and 224 African-Americans. Our approach takes unique molecular properties of Lp(a) as well as contribution of Lp(a) to the levels of...
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