Lewis blood group phenotype as an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (the NHLBI Family Heart Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-348

  Ellison, R Curtis ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Myers, Richard H ^a   Swanson, Jane L ^b   Higgins, Millicent ^c   Eckfeldt, John ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033081699     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00866-2     Document Type: Article

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