Social Factors and Leukocyte DNA Methylation of Repetitive Sequences: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Subramanyam, Malavika A ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^b   Pilsner, J Richard ^c   Villamor, Eduardo ^b   Donohue, Kathleen M ^d   Liu, Yongmei ^e   Jenny, Nancy S ^f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALU ELEMENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872181184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054018     Document Type: Article

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