Familial aggregation of environmental risk factors and familial aggregation of disease.

Abstract excerpt

Almost all human diseases have been shown to aggregate familially to some degree. This familiality is generally taken as evidence for the existence of a genetic etiologic mechanism or environmental factors common to family members, or a combination of both. It has been argued that for a disease with strong familial aggregation, environmental risk factors alone are unlikely to account for such strong aggregation,...

Topics

• Bias
• Environmental Exposure
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Models, Statistical
• Risk Factors