The frequency of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein-TaqI B2 allele is lower in African Americans than in Caucasians

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Cuchel, Marina ^a   Wolfe, Megan L ^a   De Lemos, Andrew S ^a   Rader, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cholesteryl ester transfer protein; Gene polymorphisms; HDL cholesterol; TaqIB

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CETP PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUCASOID RACE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEGROID RACE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0036015999     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00769-9     Document Type: Article

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