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Serum CETP is higher in women and higher still in Chinese myocardial infarction and stroke patients than in healthy controls (Clin Chim Acta 2001)
Original title: Serum cholesteryl ester transfer protein concentrations in healthy Chinese subjects and cardio-cerebrovascular disease patients
Measuring serum CETP by sandwich enzyme immunoassay in 1,128 healthy Chinese subjects, researchers found a mean concentration of 1.84 plus or minus 1.55 mg/L, skewed toward low values, significantly higher in women than men (2.40 plus or minus 1.65 versus 1.49 plus or minus 1.37 mg/L, P less than 0.001), and weakly inversely correlated with age (r=-0.19, P less than 0.001). CETP was also significantly higher in 117 myocardial infarction survivors and 110 stroke patients than in 335 healthy age-matched males (1.98 plus or minus 1.68 and 1.73 plus or minus 1.45 versus 1.40 plus or minus 1.37 mg/L, P less than 0.01), while CETP concentration showed no relation to lipid levels in any of the three groups.
Original abstract
Serum cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) concentration was measured in 1128 healthy Chinese subjects using a "sandwich" enzyme immunoassay and was 1.84 +/- 1.55 mg/l (mean +/- S.D.). The frequency distribution of CETP in healthy subjects was markedly skewed towards low concentrations. The CETP concentration in females was significantly higher than that in males (2.40 +/- 1.65 mg/l vs. 1.49 +/- 1.37 mg/l, P < 0.001). There was a weak inverse correlation between the CETP concentration and age (r = -0.19, P < 0.001). The CETP concentrations were significantly higher in 117 myocardial infarction (MI) survivors and 110 stroke patients than that in 335 healthy, age-matched males (1.98 +/- 1.68 173 +/- 1.45, and 1.40 +/- 1.37 mg/l respectively, P < 0.01), while no relation was found between CETP concentration and lipids concentration in MI, stroke and healthy group.
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