Genetic analysis of age-at-onset for cardiovascular risk factors in a brazilian family study

Human Heredity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Ruiz Giolo, Suely ^a,b   Pereira, Alexandre Costa ^a   De Andrade, Mariza ^c   MacIel De Oliveira, Camila ^a   Krieger, José Eduardo ^a   Pavan Soler, Júlia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored trait; Complex disease; Genetic models; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; ONSET AGE;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65549102258     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218111     Document Type: Article

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