Population
Normal male Caucasian controls and subjects with primary hypertriglyceridemia
Design
Other
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May suggest protective effect against hypertriglyceridemia; leaves open causal role pending replication in larger cohorts.
A novel PCR-based method allows for rapid detection of the LPL Ser447-Ter mutation, which appears to have a lower frequency in patients with primary hypertriglyceridemia.
Stocks et al. (1992) studied this question.