Effects of gender and menopausal status on plasma lipoprotein subspecies and particle sizes

The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is lower in women than in men, but increases in women after menopause. Some of the gender, age, and menopausal-related differences in CHD risk may relate to differences in lipoprotein subspecies. We therefore examined these subspecies in three groups of healt...

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Main Authors: Z Li, J R McNamara, J C Fruchart, G Luc, J M Bard, J M Ordovas, P W Wilson, E J Schaefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1996-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520375532