Genetic variant increases triglyceride levels in Asian-Americans
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
A genetic variant found almost exclusively in individuals of Asian descent increases the risk of elevated triglycerides over four-fold, reports a comprehensive study in the August Journal of Lipid Research. In fact, all 11 subjects who carried both copies of this rare variant for apolipoprotein A-V had extremely high and dangerous triglyceride levels in their blood. read more