Cosegregation of serum cholesterol with cholesterol intestinal absorption markers in families with primary hypercholesterolemia without mutations in LDLR, APOB, PCSK9 and APOE genes

Most hypercholesterolemic family members with a hyperabsorber proband are hyperabsorbers. These absorption markers are significantly and positively associated with LDL cholesterol, and predispose to high LDL cholesterol in family members. Our data suggest that complex interindividual variation in cholesterol absorption is involved in many non-FH ADH.