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Women have a larger and less atherogenic low density lipoprotein particle size than men.
Atherosclerosis - 26 Jan 1996
Nikkilä M, Pitkäjärvi T, Koivula T, Solakivi T, Lehtimäki T, Laippala P, Jokela H, Lehtomäki E, Seppä K, Sillanaukee P
Abstract excerpt
Some epidemiological studies have shown that serum total cholesterol increases with age. especially in women. On the other hand, the risk of coronary artery disease is smaller in women than in men. Earlier studies have shown that a small dense low density lipoprotein (LDL) is more atherogenic than a large LDL. We studied LDL size and apolipoprotein E (apo E) phenotypes in premenopausal and postmenopausal women...
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