Response to Comment on: Gaillard et al. HDL Dysfunctionality (Paraoxonase) Is Worse in Nondiabetic, Postmenopausal African American Than in White Women. Diabetes Care 2011;34:e19 | Zendy

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Response to Comment on: Gaillard et al. HDL Dysfunctionality (Paraoxonase) Is Worse in Nondiabetic, Postmenopausal African American Than in White Women. Diabetes Care 2011;34:e19

Author(s) -

Trudy Gaillard,

Sampath Parthasarathy,

Kwame Osei

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc11-1176

Subject(s) - paraoxonase , medicine , diabetes mellitus , aryldialkylphosphatase , endocrinology , apolipoprotein b , gerontology , white (mutation) , disease , cholesterol , pon1 , oxidative stress , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , genotype

We agree with the findings of Viktorinova and Kinova (1) in a recent pilot study of 75 nondiabetic white subjects (mean age 42.6 ± 7 years) with no prior history of cardiovascular disease and/or hypertension that examined the relationship between paraoxonase (PON1) enzyme activity and lipid risk factors. The authors found no significant differences in levels of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein …

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