Structural Equation Modeling of Gene-Environment Interactions in Coronary Heart Disease

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-265

  Mi, Xiaojuan ^a   Eskridge, Kent M ^a   George, Varghese ^b   Wang, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex human disease; Gene environment interactions; Multiple traits; Two level structural equation model

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79851509271     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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