Race-ethnic differences in the association of genetic loci with HbA1c levels and mortality in U.S. adults: the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Grimsby, Jonna L ^a,b   Porneala, Bianca C ^a   Vassy, Jason L ^a,b   Yang, Quanhe ^c   Florez, José C ^a,b,d   Dupuis, Josée ^e,f   Liu, Tiebin ^c   Yesupriya, Ajay ^c   Chang, Man Huei ^c   Ned, Renee M ^c   Dowling, Nicole F ^c   Khoury, Muin J ^c   Meigs, James B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN 1; APT11A PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSAMINE 3 KINASE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEXOKINASE 1; MELATONIN RECEPTOR 1B; SPECTRIN ALPHA ERYTHROCYTIC 1 PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASE SERINE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862196253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-30     Document Type: Article

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