Dietary Fat Interacts with the -514C>T Polymorphism in the Hepatic Lipase Gene Promoter on Plasma Lipid Profiles in a Multiethnic Asian Population: The 1998 Singapore National Health Survey

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3399-3408

  Tai, E Shyong ^a   Corella, Dolores ^b   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^c   Cutter, Jeffery ^d   Chew, Suok Kai ^d   Tan, Chee Eng ^a   Ordovas, Jose M ^e  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Dietary fat; Gene x nutrient interaction; Hepatic lipase

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIVER TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PROMOTER REGION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0242410130     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.11.3399     Document Type: Article

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