[HTML][HTML] The risk of cardiovascular events with increased apolipoprotein CIII: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MCW von Ballmoos, B Haring, FM Sacks - Journal of clinical lipidology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Apolipoprotein CIII (apoC-III) is an atherogenic protein found on HDL, VLDL
and LDL. Objective The objective of this study is to review the literature on the association of
blood apoC-III level with cardiovascular events and the dose-response relationship for this
association. Methods and results MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, CINAHL, Clinicaltrials. gov,
grey-literature sources, contact with investigators, and reference lists of studies, without
language restrictions, were reviewed. Twelve studies (5 retrospective and 7 prospective) …