Venous blood samples of 5 mL were drawn after at least 12 h of fasting. Two-fifths of the sample (2 mL) was collected in glass tubes and used to determine serum lipid levels. The remaining three-fifths of the sample (3 mL) was transferred to tubes with anticoagulants (4.80 g/l citric acid, 14.70 g/l glucose and 13.20 g/l trisodium citrate) and used to extract DNA. Measurements of serum TC, TAG, HDL-C, and LDL-C levels in the samples were performed by enzymatic methods with commercially available kits (RANDOX Laboratories Ltd., BT29 4QY; Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.). Serum ApoA1 and ApoB levels were detected by the immunoturbidimetric immunoassay using a commercial kit (RANDOX Laboratories Ltd.). All determinations were performed with an auto-analyser (Type 7170A; Hitachi Ltd.) in the Clinical Science Experiment Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University [15 (link)–17 (link)].
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