Article
The apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Greenland Inuit in its global perspective.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 1996
Gerdes L U, Gerdes C, Hansen P S, Klausen I C, Faergeman O, Dyerberg J
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes were determined in Inuit population samples from Nuuk on the south-west coast of Greenland (n = 100) and from the Ammassalik region on the south-east coast (n = 78). The epsilon 2 allele was absent in the latter sample, and the epsilon 4 allele frequency was relatively high, about 23%. As in most other populations, mean plasma lipoprotein-related variables, except high-density...
Topics
- Alleles
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Female
- Genotype
- Greenland
- Humans
- Inuit
- Male
- Polymorphism, Genetic