Article
Relationship between obesity and serum lipoproteins in children with different apolipoprotein E phenotypes: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 1994
Srinivasan S R, Ehnholm C, Wattigney W A, Berenson G S
Abstract excerpt
The influence of apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism on the association between body fatness and concentrations of serum lipoprotein variables was studied in a random subsample (n = 892) of 8- to 17-year-old children from a total community. Covariates (age, race, and sex)-adjusted mean values of percent body fat, ponderal index (wt/ht3), and subscapular skinfold thickness differed significantly among apo E...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Apolipoproteins E
- Child
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Lipoproteins
- Male
- Obesity
- Phenotype
