Lipoprotein(a) levels in obese Portuguese children and adolescents: contribution of the pentanucleotide repeat (TTTTA)n polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) gene

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Apr;163(4):393-4. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Distribution
  • Apolipoproteins A / genetics*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lipoprotein(a) / genetics*
  • Lipoprotein(a) / metabolism
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Obesity / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Portugal / epidemiology
  • Probability
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sex Distribution
  • Statistics, Nonparametric

Substances

  • Apolipoproteins A
  • Lipoprotein(a)