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High density lipoproteins in ischaemic heart disease

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High density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations were significantly lower in ischaemic heart disease patients than in healthy subjects when age and sex-matched. This difference was, however, not observed in the older age group (>60 years).

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    I. C. Ononogbu

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Acknowledgment. This investigation was supported by a grant from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

I am grateful to Prof. Barry Lewis, St. Thomas Hospital Medical School, London, for his expert advice.

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Ononogbu, I.C. High density lipoproteins in ischaemic heart disease. Experientia 33, 1063–1064 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945971

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