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Heritability and genetic correlations of metabolic disease-related phenotypes in Mexico: preliminary report from the GEMM Family Study.
Human biology - 1 Feb 2007
Bastarrachea Raul A, Kent Jack W, Rozada Guadalupe, Cole Shelley A, López-Alvarenga Juan C, Aradillas Celia, Brito-Zurita Olga, Cerda-Flores Ricardo M, Ibarra-Costilla Emma, Gallegos Esther, Laviada-Molina Hugo, Hernandez-Escalante Victor, Rosas Juan, Machado Anselmo, Vadillo Felipe, Ramos Manuel, Lazalde Brissia, Santa-Olalla Jesus, MacCluer Jean W, Comuzzie Anthony G
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality in the Republic of Mexico, and metabolic syndrome, a complex of CVD risk factors, is increasingly prevalent. To date, however, there have been few studies of the genetic epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Mexico. As a first step in imp...
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