Association of the Human Y Chromosome with Cholesterol Levels in the General Population

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-312

  Charchar, Fadi J ^a   Tomaszewski, Maciej ^a,b   Lacka, Beata ^b   Zakrzewski, Jaroslaw ^b   Zukowska Szczechowska, Ewa ^b   Grzeszczak, Wladyslaw ^b   Dominiczak, Anna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Gender; Genetics; Lipids; Male

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COHORT STUDIES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATHERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 1042268031     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000113291.39267.0a     Document Type: Article

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