Article
Apo E allele frequencies in younger (age 42-50) vs older (age 65-90) women.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1993
Cauley J A, Eichner J E, Kamboh M I, Ferrell R E, Kuller L H
Abstract excerpt
Allelic variation at the apolipoprotein E (Apo E) structural locus has been shown to influence concentrations of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Apo E has six phenotypes resulting from three common alleles at this locus. The epsilon 2 allele is associated with lower LDL-C and the epsilon 4 allele with higher LDL-C. In the current study, we compared the epsilon allele...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.