Genetic differences between the determinants of lipid profile phenotypes in African and European Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

by Rahul C Deo, David Reich, Arti Tandon, Ermeg Akylbekova, Nick Patterson, Alicja Waliszewska, Sekar Kathiresan, Daniel Sarpong, Herman A Taylor, James G Wilson
Published 2009-01-01

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in LPA explain most of the ancestry-specific variation in Lp(a) levels in African Americans.

by Rahul C Deo, James G Wilson, Chao Xing, Kim Lawson, W H Linda Kao, David Reich, Arti Tandon, Ermeg Akylbekova, Nick Patterson, Thomas H Mosley, Eric Boerwinkle, Herman A Taylor
Published 2011-01-01

Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function.

by Ching-Ti Liu, Maija K Garnaas, Adrienne Tin, Anna Kottgen, Nora Franceschini, Carmen A Peralta, Ian H de Boer, Xiaoning Lu, Elizabeth Atkinson, Jingzhong Ding, Michael Nalls, Daniel Shriner, Josef Coresh, Abdullah Kutlar, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, David Siscovick, Ermeg Akylbekova, Sharon Wyatt, Brad Astor, Josef Mychaleckjy, Man Li, Muredach P Reilly, Raymond R Townsend, Adebowale Adeyemo, Alan B Zonderman, Mariza de Andrade, Stephen T Turner, Thomas H Mosley, Tamara B Harris, CKDGen Consortium, Charles N Rotimi, Yongmei Liu, Sharon L R Kardia, Michele K Evans, Michael G Shlipak, Holly Kramer, Michael F Flessner, Albert W Dreisbach, Wolfram Goessling, L Adrienne Cupples, W Linda Kao, Caroline S Fox
Published 2011-09-01