Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis with sex-specific effects in sub-Saharan Africans

Atherosclerosis precedes the onset of clinical manifestations of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We used carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) to investigate genetic susceptibility to atherosclerosis in 7894 unrelated adults (3963 women, 3931 men; 40 to 60 years) resident in four sub-Saharan African...

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Autores principales: Boua, Palwende Romuald, Brandenburg, Jean-Tristan, Choudhury, Ananyo, Sorgho, Hermann, Nonterah, Engelbert A., Agongo, Godfred, Asiki, Gershim, Micklesfield, Lisa, Choma, Solomon, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier, Hazelhurst, Scott, Tinto, Halidou, Crowther, Nigel J., Mathew, Christopher G., Ramsay, Michèle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28276-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28276-x

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