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Genome-wide association of lipid-lowering response to statins in combined study populations.
PloS one - 22 Mar 2010
Barber Mathew J, Mangravite Lara M, Hyde Craig L, Chasman Daniel I, Smith Joshua D, McCarty Catherine A, Li Xiaohui, Wilke Russell A, Rieder Mark J, Williams Paul T, Ridker Paul M, Chatterjee Aurobindo, Rotter Jerome I, Nickerson Deborah A, Stephens Matthew, Krauss Ronald M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Statins effectively lower total and plasma LDL-cholesterol, but the magnitude of decrease varies among individuals. To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contributing to this variation, we performed a combined analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) results from three t...
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