Article
Variation in LPA is associated with Lp(a) levels in three populations from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
PloS one - 28 Jan 2011
Dumitrescu Logan, Glenn Kimberly, Brown-Gentry Kristin, Shephard Cynthia, Wong Michelle, Rieder Mark J, Smith Joshua D, Nickerson Deborah A, Crawford Dana C
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels can differ dramatically across diverse racial/ethnic populations. The extent to which genetic variation in LPA can explain these differences is not fully understood. To explore this, 19 LPA tagSNPs were genotyped in 7,159 participants from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). NHANES III is a diverse population-based survey with...
Topics
- Black People
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Population Groups
- White People