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Lluís-Ganella C, Lucas G, Subirana I, Escurriol V, Tomás M, Sentí M, Sala J, Marrugat J, Elosua R
Qualitative assessment of previous evidence and an updated meta-analysis confirms lack of association between the ESR1 rs2234693 (PvuII) variant and coronary heart disease in men and women.
Atherosclerosis. 2009 Dec;207(2):480-6, PMID: 19608186
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. CHD clusters in families but this familial aggregation remains largely unexplained. ESR1 is a candidate gene for CHD although recent meta-analyses of the rs2234693 variant reported inconsistent evidence for association with myocardial infarction (MI) in men. The objectives of this study were to perform a qualitative and a quantitative assessment of all evidence to date regarding this association.
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
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