Activity of the antioxidant enzyme paraoxonase in Argentinean children living at high altitude

• Main Authors: V. Hirschler (Author), M. Martín (Author), K. Oestreicher (Author), C. Molinari (Author), W. Tetzlaff (Author), E. Botta (Author), L. Boero (Author), F. Brites (Author), on Behalf of San Antonio de los Cobres Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Children living at high altitude in San Antonio de los Cobres (SAC), Argentina, were shown to have lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels than Buenos Aires (BA) children. HDL antioxidant capacity is mainly attributed to paraoxonase1 (PON1). Objective: To compare PON1 a...