A 52-year-old man with chronic alcoholism has a plasma lipid profile with increased very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) .The mechanism that best explains the increase of VLDL in the blood of patients with chronic alcoholism is:
A) Impaired β-oxidation of fatty acids in the liver.
B) Reduced synthesis of apolipoprotein B-100.
C) Inactivation of capillary lipoprotein lipase.
D) Increased synthesis of glycerol-3-phosphate in adipose tissue.
E) Increased levels of apolipoprotein E receptors in the liver.
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