Daily Archives: April 8, 2023

Different Genetical and Environmental Contributions in Obesity to CVD

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National cohort data from Swedish twins indicate that genetically related obesity is not associated with negative health outcomes to the same extent as environmentally related obesity. A total of 17,988 twins born before 1959 were enrolled in sub-studies of the Swedish Twin Registry between 1984 and 2010 and followed on […]

Family History of Heart Disease Still Matters

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A cross-sectional analysis suggested that a multivariable model of clinical and genetic risk factors explains only 36% of the likelihood of family history of heart disease (FHHD), with most of the risk of a FHHD unexplained. The analysis included 166,714 UK Biobank participants with 43.2% reported a FHHD. In the […]