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LPL promoter -93T/G transition influences fasting and postprandial plasma triglycerides response in African-Americans and Hispanics.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jun 1998
Talmud P J, Hall S, Holleran S, Ramakrishnan R, Ginsberg H N, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
The lipoprotein lipase (LPL) promoter -93T/G transition has previously been reported as having a triglyceride (Tg)-lowering effect, whereas the D9N variant has been shown to have a Tg-raising effect. These two variants were studied in 66 healthy subjects of Hispanic and 42 subjects of African-American origin, who had participated in a study of postprandial lipemia. While the allele frequency of the -93G was...
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