The 9p21 genetic variant is additive to carotid intima media thickness and plaque in improving coronary heart disease risk prediction in white participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether the addition of carotid intima media thickness and plaque (CIMT-P), and, a single nucleotide polymorphism on chromosome 9p21 (9p21) together improve coronary heart disease (CHD) risk prediction in the ARIC study. METHODS: Ten year CHD risk was estimated using the ARIC...

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Hauptverfasser: Nambi, Vijay, Boerwinkle, Eric, Lawson, Kim, Brautbar, Ariel, Chambless, Lloyd, Franeschini, Nora, North, Kari E., Virani, Salim S, Folsom, Aaron R, Ballantyne, Christie M
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334435/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22349088
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.01.028
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