Apolipoprotein E4 and coronary heart disease in middle-aged men who smoke: a prospective study
The LancetPublished 1 July 2001
Steve E. Humphries, Philippa J. Talmud, Emma Hawe, Manjeet K. Bolla, Ian N.M. Day, George J. Miller
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Smoking increases the risk of coronary heart disease in men of all genotypes but particularly in men carrying the epsilon4 allele, which is independent of other classic risk factors.
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Smoking increases the risk of coronary heart disease in men of all genotypes but particularly in men carrying the epsilon4 allele.
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