Genome-wide genetic ancestry measurements to predict lung function in European populations

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1144-1147

  Bérubé, Jean Christophe ^a   Lamontagne, Maxime ^a   Couture, Christian ^a   Nickle, David ^b   Timens, Wim ^c   Postma, Dirkje S ^c,d   Sin, Don D ^e,f   Paré, Peter D ^e,f   Laviolette, Michel ^a   Bossé, Yohan ^a,g  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d GRIAC Research Center   (Netherlands)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUEBEC; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84886554579     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00036713     Document Type: Letter

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