Article
Association between APOE polymorphism and metabolic syndrome in Uyghur ethnic men.
BMJ open - 6 Jan 2016
Sun YuPing, Wei Rong, Yan DanDan, Xu FeiLi, Zhang XiaoJin, Zhang Bei, Yimiti Delixiati, Li Hui, Sun HongYan, Hu Cheng, Luo Li, Yao Hua
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Uyghur ethnic men in Xinjiang, China. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 482 patients with MetS and 510 healthy sex-matched and age-matched controls were recruited from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The participants were subjected to routine physical and blood...
Topics
- Anthropometry
- Apolipoprotein E2
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- China
- Dyslipidemias
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Male
- Metabolic Syndrome