COL9A3 gene polymorphism and obesity in intervertebral disc degeneration of the lumbar spine: Evidence of gene-environment interaction

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2691-2696

  Solovieva, Svetlana ^a   Lohiniva, Jaana ^b   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a   Raininko, Raili ^c   Luoma, Katariina ^a,d   Ala Kokko, Leena ^b,e   Riihimäki, Hilkka ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

COL9A3 gene polymorphism; Disc degeneration; Gene environment interaction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COL9A3; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE IX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE;

EID: 0036895573     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200212010-00008     Document Type: Article

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