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Genotypes with the apolipoprotein epsilon4 allele are predictors of coronary heart disease mortality in a longitudinal study of elderly Finnish men.
Human genetics - 1 May 1996
Stengård J H, Pekkanen J, Ehnholm C, Nissinen A, Sing C F
Abstract excerpt
Earlier we reported that allelic variation in the gene coding for apolipoprotein (apoE is a significant predictor of variation in the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) death in a longitudinal study of elderly Finnish men. Here we address the question: which of the apoE genotypes confers the risk information in these men, and whether such information persists after other CHD risk factors are considered? We...
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