Genome-wide study of percent emphysema on computed tomography in the general population. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Lung/SNP Health Association Resource Study.
Manichaikul A, Hoffman EA, Smolonska J et al.
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Rationale: Pulmonary emphysema overlaps partially with spirometrically defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is heritable, with moderately high familial clustering.
2,587 European ancestry individuals, 2,510 African American individuals, 2,113 Hispanic individuals, 704 Chinese ancestry individuals
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