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From the author: Apolipoprotein E phenotypes and plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels were determined in 435 individuals (233 men, 202 women) of French Canadian descent living in northeastern Quebec. This region is known for its high frequency of mutant genes responsible for rare genetic disorders. Total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were adjusted for age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference using regressions performed separately in men and in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The APOE allele frequencies in this population-based sample were 0.137, 0.749, and 0.114 for the *2, *3, and *4 alleles, respectively. APOE2 (APOE 2,2 and APOE 3,2) subjects had lower total and LDL cholesterol levels than APOE3 (APOE 3,3) subjects. In APOE4 (APOE 4,3 and APOE 4,4) men and postmenopausal women levels of total and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly higher than in the corresponding APOE3 subjects. The *2 allele was also found to be associated with higher triglyceride levels in men and postmenopausal women. Men of the APOE4 group also presented lower HDL cholesterol levels. Although the impact of APOE polymorphism on blood lipid and lipoprotein levels in this French Canadian population is similar to what has been reported in other white populations, the frequency of the *2 allele is among the highest ever reported. This finding is discussed in terms of the founder effect characterizing the Quebec population.

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Title: Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in a French Canadian population of Northeastern Quebec: allele frequencies and effects on blood lipid and lipoprotein levels.
Author: N. Robitaille
Publication: Human Biology (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1996
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Volume: v68Issue: n3Page: p357(14)

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Author: Julia R. Barrett
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
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Publisher: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Date: May 1, 1998
Publisher: Taylor Publishing Consultants Ltd.
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From the author: In our previous paper (De Braekeleer and Dao 1994) we showed that most of the hereditary disorders present in the French Canadian population of Canada cluster in eastern Quebec. Furthermore, the disorders probably were brought to Nouvelle-France in the seventeenth century by migrants coming from Perche, France. Here, the analysis of several historical, social, and demographic factors shows that, rather than migrants coming from other French provinces, migrants from Perche came from a limited area and settled in eastern Quebec, preferentially on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. They arrived earlier than the other migrants and had a larger descendance. However, only a limited number of migrants from Perche were found in the founding nucleus of the hereditary disorders. Further analysis shows that the social system had major consequences on migration, marriage, kin network, and family behavior. Therefore the presence and the high frequency of most of the hereditary disorders in the French Canadian population appear to be the result of founder effect and genetic drift.

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Title: Contribution of Perche. (migrants from Perche, France) (Hereditary Disorders in the French Canadian Population of Quebec, part 2)
Author: Marc De Braekeleer
Publication: Human Biology (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1994
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Volume: v66Issue: n2Page: p225(25)

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