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SUBMITTER: Sofer T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684818 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sofer Tamar T Emery Leslie L Jain Deepti D Ellis Alicia M AM Laurie Cathy C CC Allison Matthew A MA Lee Jiwon J Kurniansyah Nuzulul N Kerr Kathleen F KF González Hector M HM Tarraf Wassim W Criqui Michael H MH Lange Leslie A LA Palmas Walter R WR Franceschini Nora N Wassel Christina L CL
Scientific reports 20190806 1
Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) burden differs by race/ethnicity. Although familial aggregation and heritability studies suggest a genetic basis, little is known about the genetic susceptibility to PAD, especially in non-European descent populations. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of the ankle brachial index (ABI) and PAD (defined as an ABI < 0.90) have not been conducted in Hispanics/Latinos. We performed a GWAS of PAD and the ABI in 7,589 participants aged >45 years fro ...[more]