Single polymorphism nucleotide rs1333049 on chromosome 9p21 is associated with carotid plaques but not with common carotid intima-media thickness in older adults. A combined analysis of the Three-City and the EVA studies

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Plichart, Matthieu ^a,b   Empana, Jean Philippe ^a   Lambert, Jean Charles ^a   Amouyel, Philippe ^a   Tiret, Laurence ^a   Letenneur, Luc ^a   Berr, Claudine ^a   Tzourio, Christophe ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Coronary heart disease; Elderly; Epidemiology; Genetic

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84859843630     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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