The structural gene locus for apolipoprotein E (apo E) is polymorphic. Three common alleles
(epsilon 2, epsilon 3, epsilon 4) code for three major isoforms in plasma and determine six …

Coronary risk factors differ in importance from country to country, but a proportion of
interpopulation differences in coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality is probably closely …

Recent epidemiologic studies have shown that rates of cardiovascular disease are lower in
populations such as the Greenland Eskimos than in those that do not eat seafood, even …

Plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations increase with advancing age. To determine if this
phenomenon is due to age per se or to age-related changes in other metabolic variables …

OBJECTIVE: To report population reference values for blood lipids, to determine the
prevalence of lipid risk factors and to assess their association with other risk factors …

The expression of ischemic heart disease was studied in a large kindred with familial
hypercholesterolemia. Tendon xanthomas, multiple generation transmission, and the …

As part of a population survey and a follow-up study of plasma lipid profiles by high
temperature gas-liquid chromatography, we have determined the quantities and relative …

Dietary compliance was studied in 57 women participating for 1 y in a randomized clinical
trial of dietary fat reduction. Nutrient analysis of food records, collected at 0, 6, and 12 mo …

To determine the effects of age on nocturnal fuel regulation, we measured spontaneous
plasma glucose and free fatty acid (FFA) levels as well as counterregulatory hormones in …

Plasma samples obtained during a prevalence study of hyperlipemia in a free living urban
population were analyzed for total cholesterol and triacylglycerol content by automated high …