Article
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-Ame...
Topics
- Adult
- Black or African American
- Aged
- Black People
- Fasting
- Female
- Genotype
- Guanine
- Haplotypes
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Lipoprotein Lipase
- Male
- Metabolic Clearance Rate
- Middle Aged
- New York City
- Point Mutation