Genetic and environmental contributions to atherosclerosis phenotypes in men and women: Heritability of carotid intima-media thickness in the Framingham heart study

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 397-401

  Fox, Caroline S ^a,c   Polak, Joseph F ^c   Chazaro, Irmarie ^e   Cupples, Adrienne ^e   Wolf, Philip A ^a,d   D'Agostino, Ralph A ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b,f  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037319447     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000048214.56981.6F     Document Type: Article

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