Items for "apolipoprotein E polymorphism"

Influence of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on serum lipid and lipoprotein changes: a 21-year follow-up study from childhood to adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Background: We examined the influence of apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism on longitudinal changes in serum lipids by following the subjects participating in The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study over a 21-year period.

Methods: Serum lipids were determined in randomly selected Finnish children and adolescents in 1980 and the subjects were re-examined in 1983, 1986 and after 21 years in 2001...

Keywords: apolipoprotein E polymorphism, cardiovascular risk factors, cholesterol, lipids, long-term follow-up