Genetic Risk Score and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Hispanics
Author(s) -
Lu Qi,
Jiantao Ma,
Qibin Qi,
Jaana Hartiala,
Hooman Allayee,
Hannia Campos
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.976613
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , single nucleotide polymorphism , framingham risk score , myocardial infarction , genetic model , receiver operating characteristic , population , genotype , genetics , disease , biology , environmental health , gene
Genome-wide association studies have identified loci associated with coronary heart disease in whites of European ancestry. This study evaluated whether genetic markers previously identified in whites are associated with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Hispanics.
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