Apo-B/AI ratio identifies cardiovascular risk in childhood:The Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort study
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Cohort Profile: The Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC) study
Indigenous Australians fare worse than other Australians on almost every measure of physical and mental health. Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people are more likely to have chronic disease such as obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease and circulatory problems, occurring at an earlier age, leading to premature mortality and influencing the lower life expectancie...
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Apolipoproteins are proteins associated with lipids in lipoprotein particles. They play important roles in lipoprotein metabolism, such as transport of these hydrophobic molecules in plasma aqueous medium, binding to specific receptors in cell surface to correctly direct lipids to target organs and body tissues, and activation or inhibition of enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. Apolipoprotei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1479-1641,1752-8984
DOI: 10.1177/1479164109336046