blood lipids

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease
Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride …
Global Lipids Genetics Consortium
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Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels
Levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol …
Global Lipids Genetics Consortium
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Genetic determinants of lipid homeostasis
Circulating levels of blood lipids are heritable risk factors for atherosclerosis and heart disease, and are the target of therapeutic …
Elizabeth H. Young, Theodore Papamarkou, Nicholas W. J. Wainwright, Manjinder S. Sandhu
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A genome-wide screen for interactions reveals a new locus on 4p15 modifying the effect of waist-to-hip ratio on total cholesterol
Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies described 95 loci controlling serum lipid levels. These common variants explain ∼25% of …
ENGAGE Consortium
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