Heritability of subclinical atherosclerosis in Latino families ascertained through a hypertensive parent

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 843-848

  Xiang, Anny H ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Buchanan, Thomas A ^a   Raffel, Leslie J ^b,c   Tan, Sylvia ^a   Cheng, L S C ^b,c   Diaz, Justo ^a   Toscano, Edgar ^a   Quinonnes, M ^c   Liu, C R ^a   Liu, C H ^a   Castellani, Lawrence W ^c   Hsueh, Willa A ^c   Rotter, Jerome I ^b,c   Hodis, Howard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Genetic effects; Heritability; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL SALVADOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUATEMALA; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036091537     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000015329.15481.E8     Document Type: Article

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