Relationships of abdominal obesity and hyperinsulinemia to angiographically assessed coronary artery disease in men with known mutations in the LDL receptor gene.

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BACKGROUND: Patients with a mutation in the LDL receptor gene (familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH) are characterized by substantial elevations in plasma LDL cholesterol and are at higher risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD). Correlates of abdominal obesity may also contribute to the risk of ischemic cardiac events. Whether the hyperinsulinemic-insulin-resistant state of abdominal obesity affects...

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