Shared genetic architecture in the relationship between adult stature and subclinical coronary artery atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 679-683

  Cassidy Bushrow, Andrea E ^a   Bielak, Lawrence F ^b   Sheedy, Patrick F ^c   Turner, Stephen T ^c   Chu, Julia S ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Genetics; Imaging; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLINICAL CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 82955193768     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.030     Document Type: Article

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