Low HDL-cholesterol with normal triglyceride levels is the most common lipid pattern in West Africans and African Americans with Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for cardiovascular disease prevention

Authors

Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Center For Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Center For Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD

University of Ghana Medical School, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Accra

University of Science and Technology, Department of Medicine, Kumasi

University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Department of Medicine, Enugu

University of Lagos, College of Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Unit, Lagos

University College Hospital, Department of Surgery, Ibadan

Center For Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD