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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque.
Nature genetics - 11 Sept 2011
Bis Joshua C, Kavousi Maryam, Franceschini Nora, Isaacs Aaron, Abecasis Gonçalo R, Schminke Ulf, Post Wendy S, Smith Albert V, Cupples L Adrienne, Markus Hugh S, Schmidt Reinhold, Huffman Jennifer E, Lehtimäki Terho, Baumert Jens, Münzel Thomas, Heckbert Susan R, Dehghan Abbas, North Kari, Oostra Ben, Bevan Steve, Stoegerer Eva-Maria, Hayward Caroline, Raitakari Olli, Meisinger Christa, Schillert Arne, Sanna Serena, Völzke Henry, Cheng Yu-Ching, Thorsson Bolli, Fox Caroline S, Rice Kenneth, Rivadeneira Fernando, Nambi Vijay, Halperin Eran, Petrovic Katja E, Peltonen Leena, Wichmann H Erich, Schnabel Renate B, Dörr Marcus, Parsa Afshin, Aspelund Thor, Demissie Serkalem, Kathiresan Sekar, Reilly Muredach P, Taylor Kent, Uitterlinden Andre, Couper David J, Sitzer Matthias, Kähönen Mika, Illig Thomas, Wild Philipp S, Orru Marco, Lüdemann Jan, Shuldiner Alan R, Eiriksdottir Gudny, White Charles C, Rotter Jerome I, Hofman Albert, Seissler Jochen, Zeller Tanja, Usala Gianluca, Ernst Florian, Launer Lenore J, D'Agostino Ralph B, O'Leary Daniel H, Ballantyne Christie, Thiery Joachim, Ziegler Andreas, Lakatta Edward G, Chilukoti Ravi Kumar, Harris Tamara B, Wolf Philip A, Psaty Bruce M, Polak Joseph F, Li Xia, Rathmann Wolfgang, Uda Manuela, Boerwinkle Eric, Klopp Norman, Schmidt Helena, Wilson James F, Viikari Jorma, Koenig Wolfgang, Blankenberg Stefan, Newman Anne B, Witteman Jacqueline, Heiss Gerardo, Duijn Cornelia van, Scuteri Angelo, Homuth Georg, Mitchell Braxton D, Gudnason Vilmundur, O'Donnell Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) and plaque determined by ultrasonography are established measures of subclinical atherosclerosis that each predicts future cardiovascular disease events. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 31,211 participants of European ancestry from nine large studies in the setting of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE)...
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