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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Despite great interest in the role of lipids in overall and disease-free survival, virtually no information is available on the lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins of persons over 90 years of age. Furthermore, the genetic underpinnings of atherosclerosis and the particular genetic factors responsible for protection against coronary artery disease remain speculative. In Bloomfield, Nebraska, we studied 41 nonagenarians (10 males, 31 females), with a mean age of 92.7 years, in whom lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of genes for apolipoprotein B (apo B), aop AI and apo CIII were assessed. Nearly complete historical, physical and laboratory data were obtained on 39 subjects. The mean diastolic and systolic blood pressures for this group were nonhypertensive, body mass indices (weight/height2) had a mean of 23.9 and triceps skinfold thickness measurements an overall mean of 14.8 mm. The mean total serum cholesterol was 5.42 mmol/l. HDL-cholesterol levels in females persisted to be higher when compared to males (P less than 0.013). The allele frequencies for apo AI (MspI and PstI), apo CIII (Sst) and apo B (XbaI) gene RFLPs were typical for larger population studies. In these preliminary studies, we did not identify a distinctive phenotype, genotype, or phenotype-genotype relationship. Diversity of cardiovascular risk was the hallmark of these nonagenarians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9150
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Apolipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Cholesterol, HDL, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Cholesterol, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Coronary Artery Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Dietary Fats, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Energy Intake, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Geriatric Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Longevity, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1978683-Sex Factors
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Lipid phenotypes, apolipoprotein genotypes and cardiovascular risk in nonagenarians.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-3135.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't