Population
69 healthy 60-year-old men, including 4 with newly detected diabetes mellitus.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Lower LPLA linked to new diabetes but not triglycerides or fat-cell size in older men; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal confirmation before clinical relevance.
In 60-year-old men, adipose tissue lipoprotein-lipase activity does not correlate with fasting serum triglycerides or fat-cell size, but is significantly reduced in those with newly detected diabetes.
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