Mortality differences by APOE genotype estimated from demographic synthesis

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 146-155

  Ewbank, Douglas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Population Studies Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E gene; Estimation methods; Mortality; Relative risk of death

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK;

EID: 0036144813     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.0164     Document Type: Article

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