Serum distribution of lipoprotein(a) in African Americans and Nigerians: Potential evidence for a genotype-environmental effect

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-168

  Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Marcovina, Santica M ^b   McGee, Daniel ^a   Owoaje, Eme ^c   Ladipo, Modupe ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African Americans; genotype environmental effect; Lp(a); Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NIGERIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0030985016     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:2<157::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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