Influence of genetic variation at the apo A-I gene locus on lipid levels and response to diet in familial hypercholesterolemia.
Atherosclerosis
; 139(1): 107-13, 1998 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
We have examined the apo AI - 75 (G/A) and apo AI + 83(MspI +/-) polymorphisms at the APOA1 gene locus for associations with plasma lipid levels and response to an NCEP-I diet in 69 (44 women, 25 men) heterozygotes for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Subjects were studied at baseline (after consuming for one month a diet with 35%, fat, 10% saturated, and 300 mg/day cholesterol) and after 3 months of an NCEP-I diet. No gender-related differences for any of the lipid variables examined were found and the data were analyzed for men and women combined. For the apo AI - 75 (G/A) polymorphism, there were 51 G/G and 18 G/A subjects. At baseline, G/A subjects showed significantly lower total cholesterol (p = 0.0036), and LDL-C (p = 0.0023), and apo B (p = 0.0209), than G/G individuals, but no differences were found for HDL-C, triglycerides and VLDL-C values. Following the NCEP-I diet these genotype-related differences remained significant for total and LDL-C. The MspI (-) allele at the apo AI + 83 polymorphism was detected in the heterozygous state in five subjects and its presence was not associated with altered baseline lipids nor with dietary response to the NCEP-I diet. Our results suggest that FH subjects carrying the A allele at the apoAI - 75 (G/A) polymorphism have significantly lower total and LDL-C and apo B baseline levels but respond to a low-fat diet with similar reductions in total and LDL-C when compared with homozygotes for the G allele at this polymorphic site.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Variação Genética
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Apolipoproteína A-I
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Dieta
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Hiperlipoproteinemia Tipo II
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Lipídeos
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Article