Article
Regional serum cholesterol differences in Belgium: do genetically determined cardiovascular risk factors contribute?
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Aug 1998
Cobbaert C, Mulder P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Differences in serum lipid distribution and mortality from ischaemic heart disease have repeatedly been reported between Belgian northerners and southerners. We investigated whether serum lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) and apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism were involved. METHODS: Fasting se...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins E
- Belgium
- Cholesterol
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Humans
- Lipids
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic