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Genetic predictors for cardiovascular disease in hispanics.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 Jan 2011
Qi Lu, Campos Hannia
Abstract excerpt
A less favorable cardiovascular risk factor profile but paradoxically lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been observed in Hispanics--a pattern often referred to as the Hispanic paradox. It has been proposed that the specific genetic susceptibility of this admixed population and gene-environment interactions may partly explain the paradox. During the past few years, there have been major advances in...
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