Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Incident Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in African Americans: A Short Report

African Americans have the highest rate of mortality due to coronary heart disease (CHD). Although multiple loci have been identified influencing CHD risk in European-Americans using a genome-wide association (GWAS) approach, no GWAS of incident CHD has been reported for African Americans. We perfor...

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Published in:	PLoS genetics Vol. 7; no. 8; p. e1002199
Main Authors:	Barbalic, Maja, Reiner, Alex P., Wu, Chunyuan, Hixson, James E., Franceschini, Nora, Eaton, Charles B., Heiss, Gerardo, Couper, David, Mosley, Thomas, Boerwinkle, Eric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.08.2011 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	African Americans Aged Biology Black or African American - genetics Cardiovascular disease Coronary Disease - ethnology Coronary Disease - genetics Coronary heart disease Female Gene expression Gene Expression Regulation Genetic aspects Genetic Loci - genetics Genome-Wide Association Study Genomes Health aspects Heart attacks Humans Kinases Male Medicine Middle Aged Mortality Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics Risk Factors Womens health United States
ISSN:	1553-7404, 1553-7390, 1553-7404
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