Fucosyltransferase 3 polymorphism and atherothrombotic disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2006.12.015 Byline: Luc Djousse (a), Samer Karamohamed (b), Alan G. Herbert (b)(c), Ralph B. D'Agostino (d), L. Adrienne Cupples (e), R. Curtis Ellison (f) Abstract: Previous studies have suggested a positive association between phenotypes of fucosyltransferase 3 (FUT3) gene (also known as Lewis gene) and coronary heart disease. Author Affiliation: (a) From the Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (b) Framingham Heart Study/NHLBI, Framingham, MA (c) Department of Neurology, Boston University, Boston, MA (d) Department of Mathematics, Boston, University, Boston, MA (e) Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public, Health, Boston, MA (f) Section of Preventive Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA Article History: Received 1 November 2006; Accepted 26 December 2006 Article Note: (footnote) This study was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health NIH/NHLBI 5K01 HL070444 (to Dr Djousse) and NIH/NHLBI contract N01-HC-25195.