| The main objective of this study was to investigate the apolipoprotein (apo) E genotypes in Portuguese populations from mainland (Lisbon city) and from San Miguel Island, Azores' Archipelago (Ponta Delgada city) and to look for differences between these particular sites in apparently healthy subjects. Also, subjects with clinical diagnosis of atherosclerotic disease were investigated in San Miguel Island. In Lisbon, the genotypes distribution was: epsilon3/epsilon 3 > epsilon 3/epsilon 4 > epsilon 2/epsilon 3 > epsilon 4/epsilon 4 while that, for Ponta Delgada and regardless the health condition, was: epsilon 3/epsilon 3 > epsilon 2/epsilon 3 > epsilon 3/epsilon 4. Within Ponta Delgada control group, females and males had... |
