To investigate the association of apolipoprotein (APO) E4 and hypercholesterolemia in children, we studied the APOE phenotypes of 51 school-age children with hypercholesterolemia and of 51 age, sex and obesity index-matched controls with normocholesterolemia by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis APOE4 was present in 21 of 51 hypercholesterolemic children (41.2%), and in nine of 51 control subjects (17.6%).
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Obesity