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Associations of egg and cholesterol intakes with carotid intima-media thickness and risk of incident coronary artery disease according to apolipoprotein E phenotype in men: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Mar 2016
Virtanen Jyrki K, Mursu Jaakko, Virtanen Heli Ek, Fogelholm Mikael, Salonen Jukka T, Koskinen Timo T, Voutilainen Sari, Tuomainen Tomi-Pekka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In general populations, the effects of dietary cholesterol on blood cholesterol concentrations are modest. However, the relation is stronger in those with an ɛ4 allele in the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE). There is little information on the association between cholesterol intake and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) among those with the ApoE4 phenotype. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the...
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