Clinical study: risk factorsAn insertion/deletion polymorphism in the α2b-adrenergic receptor gene is a novel genetic risk factor for acute coronary events☆
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Abbreviations
AMI
acute myocardial infarction
AR
adrenergic receptor
BMI
body mass index
BP
blood pressure
CHD
coronary heart disease
CI
confidence interval
D
deletion
ECG
electrocardiogram
I
insertion
KIHD
Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor study
LDL
low density lipoprotein
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
RR
relative risk
WHO
World Health Organization
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Support for this study was provided by the European Commission (BMH4-CT98-373), Turku University Hospital and by research grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the U.S. (grant HL 44199 to Dr. George A. Kaplan) and the Academy of Finland (grants 41471, 1041086 and 2041022 to Dr. Jukka T. Salonen). Dr. Heinonen was supported by the Research and Science Foundation of Farmos and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.
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