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Association of common CRP gene variants with CRP levels and cardiovascular events.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2005
Miller D T, Zee R Y L, Suk Danik J, Kozlowski P, Chasman D I, Lazarus R, Cook N R, Ridker P M, Kwiatkowski D J
Abstract excerpt
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a well-documented marker of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. We resequenced CRP to identify a comprehensive set of common SNP variants, then studied and replicated their association with baseline CRP level among apparently healthy subjects in the Women's Health Study (WHS; n = 717), Pravastatin Inflammation/CRP Evaluation trial (PRINCE; n = 1,110) and Physicians' Health...
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