Article
Apolipoprotein E phenotypes and serum lipids in newborns and 3-year-old children: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Pediatrics - 1 Oct 1994
Lehtimäki T, Porkka K, Viikari J, Ehnholm C, Akerblom H K, Nikkari T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E (apoE) phenotype is a genetic determinant of plasma total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations, that are classical coronary heart disease risk factors. ApoE appears in three major isoforms E2, E3, and E4, coded by corresponding alle...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Age Factors
- Alleles
- Analysis of Variance
- Apolipoprotein E2
- Apolipoprotein E3
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Arteriosclerosis
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Enteral Nutrition
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Finland
- Follow-Up Studies
