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Heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in a Brazilian population: Baependi Heart Study
22 Apr 2008
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BACKGROUND: The heritability of cardiovascular risk factors is expected to differ between populations because of the different distribution of environmental risk factors, as well as the genetic make-up of different human populations. METHODS: The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate genetic and environmental influences on cardiovascular risk factor traits, using a variance component approach, by estimating...
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