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Familial clustering for features of the metabolic syndrome: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Family Heart Study.
Diabetes care - 1 Mar 2006
Tang Weihong, Hong Yuling, Province Michael A, Rich Stephen S, Hopkins Paul N, Arnett Donna K, Pankow James S, Miller Michael B, Eckfeldt John H
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OBJECTIVE: Metabolic syndrome-related traits (obesity, glucose intolerance/insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension) have been shown to be genetically correlated. It is less clear, however, if the genetic correlation extends to novel risk factors associated with inflammation, impaired fibrinolytic activity, and hyperuricemia. We present a bivariate genetic analysis of MetS-related traits including both...
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