Anagnostopoulou, KK;
Kolovou, GD;
Kostakou, PM;
Mihas, C;
Hatzigeorgiou, G;
Marvaki, C;
Degiannis, D;
... Cokkinos, DV; + view all
(2009)
Sex-associated effect of CETP and LPL polymorphisms on postprandial lipids in familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Lipids in Health and Disease
, 8
, Article 24. 10.1186/1476-511X-8-24.
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Abstract
Background: This study assessed the gender-specific influence of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (TaqIB, I405V) and lipoprotein lipase (S447X) polymorphisms on the response to an oral fat tolerance test in heterozygotes for familial hypercholesterolaemia.Methods: We selected and genotyped 80 men and postmenopausal women heterozygous for familial hypercholesterolaemia (main group) as well as 11 healthy control subjects. Patients were subgrouped based on their response to oral fat tolerance test. The oral fat tolerance test was defined as pathological when postprandial triglyceride concentration was higher than the highest triglyceride concentration observed in healthy subjects (220 mg/dl) at any time (2, 4, 6 or 8 h).Results: In the pathological subgroup, men had significantly higher incremental area under the curve after oral fat tolerance test than postmenopausal women. Furthermore, multivariate analysis revealed a gender association of TaqIB and I405V influence on postprandial lipaemia in this subgroup.Conclusion: In conclusion, it seems that gender and TaqIB polymorphism of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene were both associated with the distribution of triglyceride values after oral fat tolerance test, only in subjects with a pathological response to oral fat tolerance test. Specifically, men carrying the B2 allele of the TaqIB polymorphism showed a higher postprandial triglyceride peak and a delayed return to basal values compared with women carrying B2. However, further investigations in larger populations are required to replicate and confirm these findings.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sex-associated effect of CETP and LPL polymorphisms on postprandial lipids in familial hypercholesterolaemia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1476-511X-8-24 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-8-24 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2009 Anagnostopoulou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Cholesteryl ester transfer, High-density-lipoprotein, Transfer protein gene, Coronary-artery-disease, Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, Human adipose-tissue, Elevated HDL cholesterol, Lipase gene, Myocardial-infarction, Heart-disease |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/108532 |
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