Article
Impact of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in determining interindividual variation in total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites.
Atherosclerosis - 25 Jan 1993
Kamboh M I, Aston C E, Ferrell R E, Hamman R F
Abstract excerpt
The extent of apolipoprotein E (apo E) polymorphism and its effect on eight quantitative risk factors for coronary heart disease (total cholesterol; low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol; total high density lipoprotein and its subfractions, HDL2 and HDL3; triglycerides; fasting glucose and fasting insulin) has been determined in 238 randomly selected Hispanics (120 males and 118 females) and 201 non-Hispanic...
Topics
- Alleles
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Colorado
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
