Article
Genetic basis of familial dyslipidemia and hypertension: 15-year results from Utah.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Nov 1993
Williams R R, Hunt S C, Hopkins P N, Wu L L, Hasstedt S J, Berry T D, Barlow G K, Stults B M, Schumacher M C, Ludwig E H
Abstract excerpt
The genetic and environmental determinants of hypertension, lipid abnormalities, and coronary artery disease (CAD) have been studied for 15 years in Utah in population-based multigenerational pedigrees (2500 subjects among 98 pedigrees), twin pairs (74 monozygous and 78 dizygous), hypertensive siblings (131 sibships), siblings with CAD before age 55 (45 sibships), and anecdotally ascertained pedigrees with type...
Topics
- Aging
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins E
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- DNA
- Diseases in Twins
- Environment
- Family Health
- Genes
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
- Hypertension
