Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies

Joanne M Murabito, Charles C White, Maryam Kavousi, Yan V Sun, Mary F Feitosa, Vijay Nambi, Claudia Lamina, Arne Schillert, Stefan Coassin, Joshua C Bis, Linda Broer, Dana C Crawford, Nora Franceschini, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Margot Haun, Suzanne Holewijn, Jennifer E Huffman, Shih-Jen Hwang, Stefan Kiechl, Barbara KolleritsMay E Montasser, Ilja M Nolte, Megan E Rudock, Andrea Senft, Alexander Teumer, Pim van der Harst, Veronique Vitart, Lindsay L Waite, Andrew R Wood, Christina L Wassel, Devin M Absher, Matthew A Allison, Najaf Amin, Alice Arnold, Folkert W Asselbergs, Yurii Aulchenko, Stefania Bandinelli, Maja Barbalic, Mladen Boban, Kristin Brown-Gentry, David J Couper, Michael H Criqui, Abbas Dehghan, Martin den Heijer, Benjamin Dieplinger, Jingzhong Ding, Marcus Dörr, Christine Espinola-Klein, Stephan B Felix, Luigi Ferrucci, Aaron R Folsom, Gustav Fraedrich, Quince Gibson, Robert Goodloe, Grgo Gunjaca, Meinhard Haltmayer, Gerardo Heiss, Albert Hofman, Arne Kieback, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Ivana Kolcic, Iftikhar J Kullo, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Karl J Lackner, Xiaohui Li, Wolfgang Lieb, Kurt Lohman, Christa Meisinger, David Melzer, Emile R Mohler, Ivana Mudnic, Thomas Mueller, Gerjan Navis, Friedrich Oberhollenzer, Jeffrey W Olin, Jeff O'Connell, Christopher J O'Donnell, Walter Palmas, Brenda W Penninx, Astrid Petersmann, Ozren Polasek, Bruce M Psaty, Barbara Rantner, Ken Rice, Fernando Rivadeneira, Jerome I Rotter, Adrie Seldenrijk, Marietta Stadler, Monika Summerer, Toshiko Tanaka, Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen, Andre G Uitterlinden, Wiek H van Gilst, Sita H Vermeulen, Sarah H Wild, Philipp S Wild, Johann Willeit, Tanja Zeller, Tatijana Zemunik, Lina Zgaga, Themistocles L Assimes, Stefan Blankenberg, Eric Boerwinkle, Harry Campbell, John P Cooke, Jacqueline de Graaf, David Herrington, Sharon L R Kardia, Braxton D Mitchell, Anna Murray, Thomas Münzel, Anne B Newman, Ben A Oostra, Igor Rudan, Alan R Shuldiner, Harold Snieder, Cornelia M van Duijn, Uwe Völker, Alan F Wright, H-Erich Wichmann, James F Wilson, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Yongmei Liu, Caroline Hayward, Ingrid B Borecki, Andreas Ziegler, Kari E North, L Adrienne Cupples, Florian Kronenberg

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Abstract

Genetic determinants of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remain largely unknown. To identify genetic variants associated with the ankle-brachial index (ABI), a noninvasive measure of PAD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data from 21 population-based cohorts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)100-12
Number of pages13
JournalCirculation-Cardiovascular Genetics
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2012

Keywords

  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Age Factors
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases
  • Sex Factors
  • HapMap Project
  • Humans
  • Aged
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Phenotype
  • Genotype
  • Alleles
  • Logistic Models
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Risk Factors
  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15
  • Ankle Brachial Index
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Female

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