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| Fuzikawa,A.K.; Peixoto,S.V.; Taufer,M.; Moriguchi,E.H.; Lima-Costa,M.F.. |
| Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is one of the most extensively studied genes in the context of aging, but there are few population-based studies on ApoE polymorphism in the elderly in developing countries. The objective of the present study was to assess ApoE allele and genotype distribution in a large elderly community-based sample and its association with age, sex and skin color. Participants included 1408 subjects (80.8% of all residents aged ³60 years) residing in Bambuí city, MG, Brazil. The DNA samples were subjected to the polymerase chain reaction amplification, followed by the restriction fragment length polymorphism technique, with digestion by HhaI. Analysis was carried out taking into consideration the six ApoE genotypes (e3/e3, e3/e4, e2/e3, e4/e4,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apolipoprotein E; Elderly; Prevalence; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001100002 |
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| Fuzikawa,A.K.; Peixoto,S.V.; Taufer,M.; Moriguchi,E.H.; Lima-Costa,M.F.. |
| Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism influences lipid metabolism, but its association with arterial hypertension is controversial. The objective of this study was to examine the association between ApoE polymorphism and prevalent hypertension in a large unselected population of older adults. Participants from the baseline of the Bambuí Health Aging Study whose ApoE genes had been genotyped were selected for this study (N = 1406, aged 60-95 years). These subjects represented 80.7% of the total elderly residents in Bambuí city, MG, Brazil. Hypertension was defined as a systolic blood pressure ³140 mmHg and/or a diastolic blood pressure ³90 mmHg, or the use of anti-hypertensive medication. The exposure variable was the ApoE genotype as follows: e3 carriers,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apolipoprotein E; Hypertension; Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Triglycerides; Lipid metabolism. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000200002 |
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