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Familial resemblance for coronary heart disease risk: the HERITAGE Family Study.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2000
Katzmarzyk P T, Perusse L, Rice T, Gagnon J, Skinner J S, Wilmore J H, Leon A S, Rao D C, Bouchard C
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The objective of this study was to quantify familial resemblance for coronary heart disease risk in 260 Black and 427 White participants in the HERITAGE Family Study. Coronary heart disease risk was estimated using a coronary heart disease risk index (CHDRI) computed from the revised Framingham Heart Study algorithm, based on age, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking status....
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