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Association of apolipoprotein genetic polymorphisms with plasma cholesterol in a Japanese rural population. The Shibata Study.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 1997
Zaman M M, Ikemoto S, Yoshiike N, Date C, Yokoyama T, Tanaka H
Abstract excerpt
The association between apolipoprotein (apo) genetic polymorphisms and lipid phenotypes remains to be determined because such studies have reported contradictory results. We have measured plasma total cholesterol (TC) and HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) in a cross-sectional sample of 1328 (462 men and 866 women) Japanese (aged 40 to 80 years) and analyzed their DNA for the following genotypes: apoA1-C3 Msp I and Sst I...
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