Genetic Variant Increases Triglyceride Levels In Asian-Americans
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
A genetic variant found almost exclusively in individuals of Asian descent increases the risk of elevated plasma triglycerides over four-fold. 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.