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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Elevated plasma levels of apolipoprotein A1 (APO-A1) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are important protective factors for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Using the data on plasma concentrations of APO-A1, and HDL-C particles HDL2-C and HDL3-C in 970 Israeli individuals belonging to 228 pedigrees, we tested the hypothesis that a major locus influencing interindividual variation in APO-A1 levels also controls interindividual variation in HDL3-C and HDL2-C levels. Univariate and bivariate complex segregation analyses, as implemented in two statistical packages (MAN-3 and PAP-4.0) were applied to test the hypothesis. The results of the analysis clearly indicated the possibility of major gene involvement in the determination of plasma concentration variation of each of the 3 study variables. The results provide strong evidence in support of our hypothesis that HDL3-C genetic variation fully depends on the APO-A1 major locus. In particular, environmental and sporadic models were strongly rejected (P < 0.001) in bivariate analysis. The hypothesis of no pleiotropic effect of the putative APO-A1 locus on HDL3-C transmission was also unequivocally rejected (P < 0.001), while the bivariate Mendelian model was accepted (P > 0.05). The results of bivariate analysis of APO-A1 effect on HDL2-C were not clear. They indicated the possibility of the existence of slight genetic covariation between the two variables, and as yet we were unable to decipher the mode of covariation with the applied models.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0741-0395
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Major locus influencing plasma APO-A1 levels also controls plasma HDL3-C concentrations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. gregl@ccsg.tau.ac.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't