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HFE genotype and transferrin saturation in the United States.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Cogswell Mary E, Gallagher Margaret L, Steinberg Karen K, Caudill PhD Samuel P, Looker Anne C, Bowman Barbara A, Gunter Elaine W, Franks Adele L, Satten Glen A, Khoury Muin J, Grummer-Strawn Laurence M
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PURPOSE: Examine the penetrance (defined by high transferrin saturation [TS]) of C282Y and H63D in the U.S. population. METHODS: 5171 participants from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1992 to 1994. RESULTS: 77.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.3, 95.1) of men and 51.9% (95% CI, 0, 84.2) of women with C282Y homozygosity had high TS. The associations of H63D homozygosity with high TS...
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