Association of a genetic variant in the apolipoprotein A5 gene with the metabolic syndrome in Chinese - Concepedia

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Association of a genetic variant in the apolipoprotein A5 gene with the metabolic syndrome in Chinese

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2010

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Kwok Leung Ong, Chao Qiang Jiang, Bin Liu, Ya Li Jin, Annette W.K. Tso, Sidney Tam, Ka Sing Wong, Brian Tomlinson, Bernard M.Y. Cheung, Jie Lin,

Clinical Endocrinology

Abstract

Our results showed that the -1131T>C polymorphism in APOA5 was associated with the MetS because of its strong effect on plasma triglycerides. This may partly explain the higher cardiovascular risk in people with this polymorphism.

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