Abstracts tagged "genomics and population studies"

Abstract Number: 2419 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Novel Candidate Genes for Structural Foot Disorders: A Genome-Wide Association Study in an Older Caucasian Population
Marian T. Hannan¹, Yi-Hsiang Hsu², Chia Ho Cheng², Youfang Liu³ and Joanne M. Jordan⁴, ¹Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife & Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Structural foot disorders, such as hallux valgus, deformities of the lesser toes (toes 2-5) and plantar soft-tissue atrophy, commonly affect ~ 60% of older…