Accuracy of the ratio of triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol for predicting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol particle sizes, phenotype B, and particle concentrations among Asian Indians

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1007-1009

  Bhalodkar, Narendra C ^a   Blum, Steve ^a   Enas, Enas A ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Coronary Artery Disease among Asian Indians Research Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33645063757     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.10.036     Document Type: Article

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