Association between the APOE*4 allele and atherosclerosis is age dependent among argentine males

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-256

  Bañares, Virginia G ^a,b   Peterson, Graciela ^b   Aguilar, Daniel ^b,c   Gulayin, Ricardo ^d   Sisu, Elías ^d   Wyszynski, Diego F ^e   Pivetta, Omar H ^a   Tavella, Marcelo J ^b,f  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Adventista del Plata   (Argentina)

^d Casa Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Argentina)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

APOE polymorphism; Apolipoproteins; Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLESTEROL; GENOMIC DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BILE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARGENTINA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844517002     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0036     Document Type: Article

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