Genome-wide association analysis of total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels using the Framingham Heart Study data

• Main Authors: Tanaka Toshiko (Author), Runesha H (Author), Yang Jing (Author), Ma Li (Author), Ferrucci Luigi (Author), Bandinelli Stefania (Author), Da Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cholesterol concentrations in blood are related to cardiovascular diseases. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of cholesterol levels identified a number of single-locus effects on total cholesterol (TC) and high-density li...