Association of APOC3 loss-of-function mutations with plasma lipids and subclinical atherosclerosis: The multi-ethnic BioImage study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2053-2055

  Natarajan, Pradeep ^a   Kohli, Puja ^a   Baber, Usman ^a   Nguyen, Khanh Dung H ^a   Sartori, Samantha ^a   Reilly, Dermot F ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Muntendam, Pieter ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a   Rader, Daniel J ^a   Kathiresan, Sekar ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AGED; APOC3 GENE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; EUROPEAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN C-III; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945256552     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.866     Document Type: Letter

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