The M235T polymorphism in the AGT gene and CHD risk: Evidence of a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium violation and publication bias in a meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi ^a,b   van der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   de Leeuw, Peter W ^c   Bots, Michiel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; METHIONINE; THREONINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49649089491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002533     Document Type: Article

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