Article
Haptoglobin polymorphism in Korean patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Hong S H, Kang B Y, Lim J H, Namkoong Y, Oh M Y, Kim J Q, Lee C C
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the relation between hepatoglobin (Hp) polymorphism and plasma lipid levels in 913 Korean subjects. The distribution of Hp phenotypes did not show any significant differences between the healthy controls and the patients with cardiovascular disease. In the control group, however,...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alleles
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Hypertension
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Korea
- Lipids
- Male