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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3207848 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhou Z Tao Liming L Chen Zhuo Z Zhou Daizhan D Kan Mengyuan M Zhang Di D Li Can C He Lin L Liu Yun Y
PloS one 20111103 11
<h4>Background</h4>Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified a number of novel genetic determinants of blood lipid concentrations in Europeans. However, it is still unclear whether these loci identified in the Caucasian GWA studies also exert the same effect on lipid concentrations in the Chinese population.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We conducted a replication study assessing associations between SNPs at 15 loci and blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in two Chinese co ...[more]