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Family study of the relationship between height and cardiovascular risk factors in the STANISLAS cohort

Author(s) -

Agnès La Batide-Alanore,

DavidAlexandre Trégouët,

Catherine Sass,

Gérard Siest,

Sophie VisvikisSiest,

Laurence Tiret

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyg110

Subject(s) - medicine , risk factor , cohort , coronary heart disease , demography , cohort study , association (psychology) , disease , psychology , sociology , psychotherapist

Short stature is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and is associated with an adverse cardiovascular profile. Mechanisms responsible for this association remain unknown. A genetic contribution to this association would imply a familial clustering between height and cardiovascular risk factors.

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