Heritability of flow-mediated dilation: A twin study

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2386-2392

  Zhao, J ^a   Cheema, F A ^a   Reddy, U ^a   Bremner, J D ^a,b   Su, S ^a   Goldberg, J ^c   Snieder, H ^d,e,f   Vaccarino, Viola ^a,g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brachial artery; Flow mediated dilation; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VASODILATATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VASODILATION;

EID: 36348947443     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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