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Association between well-characterized lipoprotein-related genetic variants and carotid intimal medial thickness and stenosis: The Framingham Heart Study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2006
Elosua Roberto, Cupples L Adrienne, Fox Caroline S, Polak Joseph F, D'Agostino Ralph A, Wolf Philip A, O'Donnell Christopher J, Ordovas Jose M
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of well-characterized lipoprotein-related genetic variants with carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) and stenosis. METHODS: 3380 men and women from the Framingham Offspring Study underwent carotid ultrasound to determine carotid IMT and stenosis>/=25%. We genotyped 12 variants in 10 lipoprotein-related genes known to be associated with significant differences in...
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