Evaluation of the gene-age interactions in HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels: The impact of the SORT1 polymorphism on LDL cholesterol levels is age dependent

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-141

  Shirts, Brian H ^a   Hasstedt, Sandra J ^a   Hopkins, Paul N ^a   Hunt, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age gene interaction; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular genetics; Heritability; Sortilin 1

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SORTILIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE GENE INTERACTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRIGLYCERIDES; UTAH;

EID: 79960229287     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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