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SUBMITTER: Sun K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5337241 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Kexin K Song Jing J Liu Kuo K Fang Kai K Wang Ling L Wang Xueyin X Li Jing J Tang Xun X Wu Yiqun Y Qin Xueying X Wu Tao T Gao Pei P Chen Dafang D Hu Yonghua Y
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 20170401 3
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a good surrogate for atherosclerosis. Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. We aim to investigate the relationships between homocysteine (Hcy) related biochemical indexes and CIMT, the associations between Hcy related SNPs and CIMT, as well as the potential gene-gene interactions. The present study recruited full siblings (186 eligible families with 424 individuals) with no history of cardiovascular events from a ...[more]