Genetic and environmental factors on heart rate, mean arterial pressure and carotid intima–media thickness: A longitudinal twin study

BACKGROUND: Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT) are moderately heritable cardiovascular traits, but the environmental effects on the longitudinal change of their heritability have never been investigated. METHODS: 368 Italian and Hungarian twins (1...

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Published in:	Cardiology Journal
Main Authors:	Adam D. Tarnoki, Laszlo Szalontai, Corrado Fagnani, David L. Tarnoki, Pierleone Lucatelli, Pal Maurovich-Horvat, Adam L. Jermendy, Attila Kovacs, Andrea Agnes Molnar, Erika Godor, Bence Fejer, Anita Hernyes, Carlo Cirelli, Fabrizio Fanelli, Filippo Farina, Claudio Baracchini, Giorgio Meneghetti, Anna V. Gyarmathy, Gyorgy Jermendy, Bela Merkely, Giacomo Pucci, Giuseppe Schillaci, Maria A. Stazi, Emanuela Medda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Via Medica 2021-05-01
Subjects:	cardiovascular arterial stiffness epigenetics genetics
Online Access:	https://journals.viamedica.pl/cardiology_journal/article/view/62044