Variation in LPA Is Associated with Lp(a) Levels in Three Populations from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Logan Dumitrescu; Kimberly Glenn; Kristin Brown-Gentry; Cynthia Shephard; Michelle Wong; Mark J. Rieder; Joshua D. Smith; Deborah A. Nickerson; Dana C. Crawford

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016604

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Variation in LPA Is Associated with Lp(a) Levels in Three Populations from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Logan Dumitrescu,

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Kimberly Glenn,

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Kristin Brown-Gentry,

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Cynthia Shephard,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Michelle Wong,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Mark J. Rieder,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Joshua D. Smith,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Deborah A. Nickerson,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Dana C. Crawford

* E-mail: crawford@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Variation in LPA Is Associated with Lp(a) Levels in Three Populations from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Logan Dumitrescu,
Kimberly Glenn,
Kristin Brown-Gentry,
Cynthia Shephard,
Michelle Wong,
Mark J. Rieder,
Joshua D. Smith,
Deborah A. Nickerson,
Dana C. Crawford

Published: January 28, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016604

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