The aim of this study was to investigate the individual or combined effects of PPARA-L162V, PPARG-C161T and APOE polymorphisms on hyperlipidemia in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients.
This study examined the effect a polymorphism (L162V) in the gene for peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) alpha in the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM), obesity and hyperlipidaemia.