Evidence for Age As a Modifier of Genetic Associations for Lipid Levels

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-597

  Dumitrescu, Logan ^a,b   Brown Gentry, Kristin ^a   Goodloe, Robert ^a   Glenn, Kimberly ^a   Yang, Wenjian ^c   Kornegay, Nancy ^c   Pui, Ching Hon ^c   Relling, Mary V ^c   Crawford, Dana C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Genome wide association study; Interaction; Lipids; NHANES III

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 80051566983     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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