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SORT1 protective allele is associated with attenuated postprandial: lipaemia in young adults.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Connors Kimberly E, Karlos Angela E, Gnatiuk Elizabeth A, Shearer Jane, Reimer Raylene A, Hittel Dustin S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Elevated levels of lipids and lipoproteins have strong genetic determinants and are recognized as key risk factors for atherogenesis and cardiovascular disease, particularly in the postprandial state. The aim of the study to determine whether young adults, when stratified by genotype at the rs646776 variant of the 1p13 locus, displayed differential postprandial responses to an oral fat tolerance test....
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