Evaluation of 71 Coronary Artery Disease Risk Variants in a Multiethnic Cohort

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Wangjing Ke¹ 

关键词: coronary heart disease;    genome wide association study (GWAS);    multi-ethnic;    African Americans;    Latino American;    Japanese Americans;    SORT1;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2018.00019

学科分类：心脏病和心血管学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCoronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death worldwide. Previous studies have identified numerous common CHD susceptibility loci, with the vast majority identified in populations of European ancestry. How well these findings transfer to other racial/ethnic populations remains unclear.

【 授权许可】

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