title: Associations of apolipoprotein E concentration and polymorphism with lipids and apolipoprotein levels in Chinese from Beijing and Shanghai.
abstract: The association of apolipoprotein E concentration and common polymorphism (codons 112/158) with lipid and apolipoprotein concentrations was studied in two Chinese healthy population samples from Beijing (n=99) and Shanghai (n=67). Body mass index and apolipoproteins E and AI and triglyceride concentrations were significantly different between the two populations (0.001<p<0.05), but apolipoprotein E common allele frequencies were not significantly different. Apolipoprotein E concentration was independently associated with apolipoproteins B and AI, total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations in the Beijing group, but only with total cholesterol and apolipoprotein AI concentrations in the Shanghai group. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism was significantly associated with apolipoproteins E and AI, and triglyceride concentrations in the Beijing subjects (0.001<p<0.01), whereas apolipoprotein E polymorphism was significantly related only to apolipoprotein E concentration in the Shanghai group (p<0.001). This preliminary study with a limited number of subjects shows that the relations between both apolipoprotein E genotypes and concentration with lipid traits are not the same in the two studied Chinese populations.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Médecine Préventive, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy I, Unité INSERM 525, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sass
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siest
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Visvikis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol