APOL1 Gene Kidney Risk Variants and Cardiovascular Disease: Getting to the Heart of the Matter.

McLean, Nicholas O; Robinson, Todd W; Freedman, Barry I

McLean, Nicholas O; Robinson, Todd W; Freedman, Barry I.

Affiliation

McLean NO; Section on Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Robinson TW; Section on Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Freedman BI; Section on Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Electronic address: bfreedma@wakehealth.edu.

Am J Kidney Dis ; 70(2): 281-289, 2017 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28143671

Subject(s)

Apolipoproteins/genetics; Cardiovascular Diseases/genetics; Lipoproteins, HDL/genetics; Black or African American/genetics; Apolipoprotein L1; Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology; Humans; Risk Factors

Key words

African Americans; apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1); atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease (CVD); cerebrovascular disease; chronic kidney disease (CKD); coronary artery calcification (CAC); death; genetic risk; kidney risk variants; mortality; nonmodifiable risk factor; racial disparities; review

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Apolipoproteins / Cardiovascular Diseases / Lipoproteins, HDL Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Am J Kidney Dis Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: New Caledonia Country of publication: United States

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