A genome wide association study identifies common variants associated with lipid levels in the Chinese population.

Plasma lipid levels are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Recent genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several lipid-associated loci, but these loci have been identified primarily in European populations. In or...

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Main Authors: Li Zhou, Meian He, Zengnan Mo, Chen Wu, Handong Yang, Dianke Yu, Xiaobo Yang, Xiaomin Zhang, Yiqin Wang, Jielin Sun, Yong Gao, Aihua Tan, Yunfeng He, Haiying Zhang, Xue Qin, Jingwen Zhu, Huaixing Li, Xu Lin, Jiang Zhu, Xinwen Min, Mingjian Lang, Dongfeng Li, Kan Zhai, Jiang Chang, Wen Tan, Jing Yuan, Weihong Chen, Youjie Wang, Sheng Wei, Xiaoping Miao, Feng Wang, Weimin Fang, Yuan Liang, Qifei Deng, Xiayun Dai, Dafeng Lin, Suli Huang, Huan Guo, S Lilly Zheng, Jianfeng Xu, Dongxin Lin, Frank B Hu, Tangchun Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24386095/?tool=EBI