Open AccessCardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction With and Without Knowledge of Genetic Variation at Chromosome 9p21.3
Author(s) -
Nina P. Paynter,
Daniel I. Chasman,
Julie E. Buring,
Dov Shiffman,
Nancy R. Cook,
Paul M. Ridker
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/0003-4819-150-2-200901200-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , disease , cohort , genotype , cohort study , family history , blood pressure , oncology , genetics , confidence interval , biology , gene
Although genetic variation at chromosome 9p21.3 is associated with incident cardiovascular disease, it is unclear whether screening for this polymorphism improves risk prediction.