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A twin study of depression symptoms, hypertension, and heart disease in middle-aged men.

Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000

Scherrer Jeffrey F, Xian Hong, Bucholz Kathleen K, Eisen Seth A, Lyons Michael J, Goldberg Jack, Tsuang Ming, True William R

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OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological and clinical studies have established an association between major depression and cardiovascular disease. We utilized a twin design to test whether there are common genetic and environmental risk factors underlying depression symptoms, hypertension and heart disease. METHODS: Association studies were conducted with 6,903 male-male twins from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry who responded...

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PMID: 12883104
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000077507.29863.cb

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