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Association of the 9p21.3 locus with risk of first-ever myocardial infarction in Pakistanis: case-control study in South Asia and updated meta-analysis of Europeans.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jul 2010
Saleheen Danish, Alexander Myriam, Rasheed Asif, Wormser David, Soranzo Nicole, Hammond Naomi, Butterworth Adam, Zaidi Moazzam, Haycock Philip, Bumpstead Suzannah, Potter Simon, Blackburn Hannah, Gray Emma, Di Angelantonio Emanuele, Kaptoge Stephen, Shah Nabi, Samuel Maria, Janjua Ahmedyar, Sheikh Nasir, Haider Shajjia Razi, Murtaza Muhammed, Ahmad Usman, Hakeem Abdul, Memon Muhammad Ali, Mallick Nadeem Hayat, Azhar Muhammad, Samad Abdus, Rasheed Syed Zahed, Gardezi Ali Raza, Memon Nazir Ahmed, Ghaffar Abdul, Memon Fazal-ur-Rehman, Zaman Khan Shah, Kundi Assadullah, Yaqoob Zia, Cheema Liaquat Ali, Qamar Nadeem, Faruqui Azhar, Jooma Rashid, Niazi Jawaid Hassan, Hussain Mustafa, Kumar Kishore, Saleem Asim, Kumar Kishwar, Daood Muhammad Salman, Memon Fatima, Gul Aftab Alam, Abbas Shahid, Zafar Junaid, Shahid Faisal, Memon Zehra, Bhatti Shahzad Majeed, Kayani Waleed, Ali Syed Saadat, Fahim Muhammad, Ishaq Muhammad, Frossard Philippe, Deloukas Panos, Danesh John
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine variants at the 9p21 locus in a case-control study of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Pakistanis and to perform an updated meta-analysis of published studies in people of European ancestry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 1851 patients with first-ever confirmed MI and 1903 controls were genotyped for 89 tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms at locus 9p21, including the lead variant...
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