Genetic susceptibility to death from coronary heart disease in a study of twins.

doi:10.1056/NEJM199404143301503

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Genetic susceptibility to death from coronary heart disease in a study of twins.

The New England journal of medicine - 14 Apr 1994

Marenberg M E, Risch N, Berkman L F, Floderus B, de Faire U

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BACKGROUND: A family history of premature coronary heart disease has long been thought to be a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Using data from 26 years of follow-up of 21,004 Swedish twins born between 1886 and 1925, we investigated this issue further by assessing the risk of death from c...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Confidence Intervals
Coronary Disease
Diseases in Twins
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Life Tables
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sweden
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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