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Association of arterial stiffness with single nucleotide polymorphism rs1333049 and metabolic risk factors.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 21 Jun 2013
Phababpha Suphawadee, Kukongviriyapan Upa, Pakdeechote Poungrat, Senggunprai Laddawan, Kukongviriyapan Veerapol, Settasatian Chatri, Tatsanavivat Pyatat, Intharaphet Phongsak, Senthong Vichai, Komanasin Nantarat, Settasatian Nongnuch, Greenwald Stephen E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increased arterial stiffness is a cardiovascular outcome of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The chromosome 9p21 locus has been identified as a major locus for risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs1333049 on chromosome 9p21.3 has been strongly associated with CAD and myocardial infarction. Increased arterial stiffness could be the link between the 9p21...
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