Novel genetic and environmental modifiers of the risk of iron overload-related disease in HFE-associated hereditary haemochromatosis in cohort of middle-aged Australians

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1032598

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

People who carry mutations in the HFE gene are pre-disposed to body iron overload but not all of them developed subsequent disease. According to the investigators of the “HealthIron” study in Melbourne, only 28% of men and 1% of women with faulty HFE genes go on to develop disease. This study has recruited more than 1,000 people from the community, and will determine which environmental and genetic risk factors stop people with iron overload from getting symptoms of disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $451,716.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

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Other Keywords

arthritis | cancer | environmental risk factors | epidemiology | genetic risk factors | haemochromatosis | venesection

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