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A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 and incident heart failure in the ARIC study.
European heart journal - 1 May 2009
Yamagishi Kazumasa, Folsom Aaron R, Rosamond Wayne D, Boerwinkle Eric
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Recent studies showed that polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21 are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), but few studies examined the association with heart failure (HF), stroke, or other subclinical atherosclerotic diseases. We tested the association of chromosome 9p21 polymorphisms with non-coronary atherosclerotic diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 4018 African-American and 11 085 white...
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