The Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study
Population
> 500 twin pairs of youth, with roughly equal numbers of African Americans and European Americans
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform heritability of youth CV risk; leaves open clinical translation pending prospective validation.
Structured PICO
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Population
> 500 twin pairs of youth, with roughly equal numbers of African Americans and European Americans
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Outcome
Change in relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease
The Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study is a longitudinal cohort designed to evaluate genetic and environmental influences on cardiovascular risk factors in youth.
Cite This Study
Snieder et al. (2002) studied this question.