A low prevalence of coronary heart disease among subjects with increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, including those with plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 659-667

  Moriyama, Yuri ^a,c   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   Inazu, Akihiro ^c   Doi, Mitsunori ^d,g   Iso, Hiroyasu ^e   Mouri, Yoshitaka ^d   Ishikawa, Yoshinori ^d   Suzuki, Hideyoshi ^a   Iida, Minoru ^b   Koizumi, Junji ^c   Mabuchi, Hiroshi ^c   Komachi, Yoshio ^f  

^a Kochi Pref Inst of Public Health   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^g Ehime Prefectural Imabari chuo Health Center

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency; Coronary heart disease; Genetic epidemiology; High density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17444448251     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0340     Document Type: Article

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