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Lipids, apolipoprotein-E genotypes and other risk factors of patients with coronary artery disease in Curaçao.
The West Indian medical journal - 1 Jun 1997
Brouwer D A, Leerink C B, Steward H N, Kroon T A, Suverkropp G H, Römer J W, Volmer M, Muskiet F A
Abstract excerpt
We studied lipids, apolipoprotein-E (apo-epsilon) genotypes and other coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors of 67 CAD patients (male/female ratio 5) in Curaçao. Compared with 57 controls, male CAD patients had higher cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, apo-B and decreased HDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol/cholesterol concentrations. Other CAD risk factors were: increased fasting glucose and HbA1c...
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