Genetic effects on carotid intima-media thickness: Systematic assessment and meta-analyses of candidate gene polymorphisms studied in more than 5000 subjects

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Paternoster, Lavinia ^a   Martinez Gonzalez, Nahara A ^a   Charleton, Rebecca ^a   Chung, Mabel ^a   Lewis, Steff ^a   Sudlow, Cathie L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Genetics; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALPHA ADDUCIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; GENETICS; INTIMA; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

5,10-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77952488229     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.108.834366     Document Type: Article

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