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Are there genetic paths common to obesity, cardiovascular disease outcomes, and cardiovascular risk factors?
Circulation research - 27 Feb 2015
Rankinen Tuomo, Sarzynski Mark A, Ghosh Sujoy, Bouchard Claude
Abstract excerpt
Clustering of obesity, coronary artery disease, and cardiovascular disease risk factors is observed in epidemiological studies and clinical settings. Twin and family studies have provided some supporting evidence for the clustering hypothesis. Loci nearest a lead single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) showing genome-wide significant associations with coronary artery disease, body mass index, C-reactive protein,...
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