Three interpretations of the association between birth weight and cardiovascular disease
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Genes Complicate the Association Between Birth Weight and Cardiovascular Disease
The risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are thought to be well known, but the relative importance of nature versus nurture continues to be debated. Although sex, family history, and genetic susceptibility are recognized as playing a major role, most attention has focused on lifestyle risk factors because of the substantial clinical benefits achievable—and achieved—by preventing or trea...
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The risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are thought to be well known, but the relative importance of nature versus nurture continues to be debated. Although sex, family history, and genetic susceptibility are recognized as playing a major role, most attention has focused on lifestyle risk factors because of the substantial clinical benefits achievable—and achieved—by preventing or trea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Norsk Epidemiologi
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0803-2491
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v15i1.225