Racial/Ethnic variation in the association of lipid-related genetic variants with blood lipids in the US adult population

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-533

  Chang, Man Huei ^a,b   Ned, Renée M ^a   Hong, Yuling ^b   Yesupriya, Ajay ^a   Yang, Quanhe ^a   Liu, Tiebin ^a   Janssens, A Cecile J W ^c   Dowling, Nicole F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Continental population groups; Ethnology; Genetics; Lipids; Risk

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955177003     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.959577     Document Type: Article

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