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Youth and young adults, including around 500 twin pairs with roughly equal numbers of African Americans and…
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Supports investigation of gene-stress interactions in youth CV risk; leaves open specific effect sizes pending longitudinal outcomes.
The Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study is a longitudinal cohort designed to investigate the interplay between genetic predisposition and chronic stress on the development of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in youth.
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