Effects of the Y chromosome on cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese men

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1687-1694

  Hiura, Yumiko ^a   Fukushima, Yasue ^a   Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^a   Okamura, Tomonori ^a   Goto, Yoichi ^a   Nonogi, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Rie ^a   Iwai, Naoharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polymorphism; Risk factors; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 55449101095     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1687     Document Type: Article

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