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The Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Harold Snieder  and
Frank A. Treiber
Harold Snieder*
Affiliation:
Georgia Prevention Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA; Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UKhsnieder@mcg.edu
Frank A. Treiber
Affiliation:
Georgia Prevention Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr. Harold Snieder, Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Building HS–1640, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.

Abstract

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The Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study is a longitudinal study of biobehavioral antecedents of cardiovascular disease in youth. It includes roughly equal numbers of African Americans and European Americans, with a total of > 500 twin pairs. Focus of the study is the change in relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Future work will explore the influence of polymorphic variation in candidate genes and their potential interaction with the environment on these risk factors.

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Articles/United States of America
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Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2002 , pp. 497 - 498
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002