Common variants in the CRP gene in relation to longevity and cause-specific mortality in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 922-930

  Hindorff, Lucia A ^a,b   Rice, Kenneth M ^a,b   Lange, Leslie A ^c   Diehr, Paula ^a   Halder, Indrani ^d   Walston, Jeremy ^f   Kwok, Pui ^g   Ziv, Elad ^h   Nievergelt, Caroline ⁱ   Cummings, Steven R ^h   Newman, Anne B ^d,e   Tracy, Russell P ^j   Psaty, Bruce M ^a,b,k   Reiner, Alexander P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^k CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aged; Aging; C reactive protein; Genetic; Longevity; Mortality; Polymorphism; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRP GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949154225     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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