Lipoprotein metabolism indicators improve cardiovascular risk prediction.

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease risk increases when lipoprotein metabolism is dysfunctional. We have developed a computational model able to derive indicators of lipoprotein production, lipolysis, and uptake processes from a single lipoprotein profile measurement. This is the first study to inves...

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Main Authors: Daniël B van Schalkwijk, Albert A de Graaf, Evgeni Tsivtsivadze, Laurence D Parnell, Bianca J C van der Werff-van der Vat, Ben van Ommen, Jan van der Greef, José M Ordovás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965475?pdf=render