… Plasma resistin levels (median [IQR], ng/mL) were modestly but significantly higher in women
than men (5.88 [4.42 to 7.84] versus … Dr Lehrke and Ms Wolfe have no conflict of interest. …

… (360 ml) of beer, 5 oz (150 ml) of wine, or 1 oz (30 ml) of liquor); cigarette smoking; treatment
within the previous six weeks with any medication, other than a statin, that is known to affect …

Background Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia have markedly elevated
cholesterol levels, which respond poorly to drug therapy, and a very high risk of premature …

… Membranes were prehybridized at 62C for 30 min in 15 ml of heated prehybridization … with
15 ml of heated hybridization solution containing 0.75 ,ug of labeled probe DNA per ml, and …

Variants of the gene ALOX5AP (also known as FLAP) encoding arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase
activating protein are known to be associated with risk of myocardial infarction 1 . Here we …

… Levels of LDL-C and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) were determined
after ultracentrifugation at a density of 1.006 g/mL. Levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] were …

… Results of ordinal logistic regression are presented as the odds ratio (OR) of being in a
higher CAC category for a 5-ng/ml change in leptin levels or for the highest vs. lowest leptin …

Context: Chronic inflammation converges in type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. Modulation
of adipokine signaling by innate immunity in humans is of considerable interest given the …

A library of benzamides was tested for α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist
activity using a chimeric receptor in a functional, cell-based, high-throughput assay. From this …

… 2 ml of ethanol and injected with rapid stirring into 50 ml 0.01 … same buffer at a flow rate of
0.46 ml/min, and the eluate was … and concentrated to approximately 10 ml by ultrafiltration, as …