Candidate genes involved in cardiovascular risk factors by a family-based association study on the island of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-242

  Han, Zhihua ^a   Heath, Simon C ^b   Shmulewitz, Dvora ^a   Li, Wentian ^a   Auerbach, Steve B ^c   Blundell, Maude L ^a   Lehner, Thomas ^a   Ott, Jurg ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey M ^a   Breslow, Jan L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HRSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Family based association; Lipids and lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LIVER TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-II; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; DNA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPASE; MALE; MICRONESIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18444402178     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10445     Document Type: Article

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