Family aggregation of cardiovascular disease mortality: a register-based prospective study of pooled Nordic twin cohorts | Zendy

Karri Silventoinen | Zendy; Jacob Hjelmborg | Zendy; Sören Möller | Zendy; Samuli Ripatti | Zendy; Axel Skythe | Zendy; Emmi Tikkanen | Zendy; Nancy L. Pedersen | Zendy; Patrik K. E. Magnusson | Zendy; Kaare Christensen | Zendy; Jaakko Kaprio | Zendy

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Family aggregation of cardiovascular disease mortality: a register-based prospective study of pooled Nordic twin cohorts

Author(s) -

Karri Silventoinen,

Jacob Hjelmborg,

Sören Möller,

Samuli Ripatti,

Axel Skythe,

Emmi Tikkanen,

Nancy L. Pedersen,

Patrik K. E. Magnusson,

Kaare Christensen,

Jaakko Kaprio

Publication year - 2017

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/dyx012

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , relative risk , family aggregation , dizygotic twin , twin study , confidence interval , demography , disease , risk factor , cause of death , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , epidemiology , pediatrics , heritability , genetics , mechanical engineering , sociology , biology , engineering

Familial factors play an important role in the variation of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but less is known about how they affect the risk of death from CVD. We estimated familial aggregation of CVD mortality for twins offering the maximum level of risk due to genetic and other familial factors.

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