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      Heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in a Chinese population--Taichung Community Health Study and Family Cohort.

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          Previous studies reporting on estimates of heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese are limited. This study aims to estimate the heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in relatives of residents who participated in the Taichung Community Health Study (TCHS) and Family Cohort (TCHS-FC) while controlling as many potential confounders as possible.

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          Journal
          Atherosclerosis
          Atherosclerosis
          Elsevier BV
          1879-1484
          0021-9150
          Aug 2014
          : 235
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
          [2 ] Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
          [3 ] Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
          [4 ] School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
          [5 ] Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
          [6 ] Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, College of Management, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
          Article
          S0021-9150(14)01189-7
          10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.939
          24953488
          9c311ae3-04e0-4676-b3e4-581d760e9c37
          History

          Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity,Highly sensitive C-reactive protein,Heritability,Family study,Cardiovascular risk factors

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