Article
Gene variants associated with ischemic stroke: the cardiovascular health study.
Stroke - 1 Feb 2009
Luke May M, O'Meara Ellen S, Rowland Charles M, Shiffman Dov, Bare Lance A, Arellano Andre R, Longstreth W T, Lumley Thomas, Rice Kenneth, Tracy Russell P, Devlin James J, Psaty Bruce M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether 74 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which had been associated with coronary heart disease, are associated with incident ischemic stroke. METHODS: Based on antecedent studies of coronary heart disease, we prespecified the risk allele for each of the 74 SNPs. We used Cox proportional hazards models that adjusted for traditional risk...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Black People
- Brain Ischemia
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Coronary Disease
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
