Interactive effect of cigarette smoking and gene variants for predisposing to cardiovascular disease.

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Tobacco smoking remains the second largest preventable cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Exposure to tobacco smoke causes coronary disease, atherosclerosis and ischemic vessel disease. The degree of this risk is proportional to the amount of smoking and it varies from individual to individual because of between-individual differences in genetic background. While the chemical properties of tobacco smoke...

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