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Genetic and environmental contributions to cardiovascular disease risk in American Indians: the strong heart family study.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Feb 2003
North Kari E, Howard Barbara V, Welty Thomas K, Best Lyle G, Lee Elisa T, Yeh J L, Fabsitz Richard R, Roman Mary J, MacCluer Jean W
Abstract excerpt
The aims of the Strong Heart Family Study are to clarify the genetic determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in American Indians and to map and identify genes for CVD susceptibility. The authors describe the design of the Strong Heart Family Study (conducted between 1998 and 1999) and evaluate the heritabilities of CVD risk factors in American Indians from this study. In the first phase of the study,...
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