Genomic mapping study finds largest set of genes related to major risk factor for heart disease
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Scanning the genomes of more than 100,000 people from all over the world, scientists report the largest set of genes discovered underlying high cholesterol and high triglycerides -- the major risk factors for coronary heart disease, the nation's number one killer. Taken together, the gene variants explain between a quarter and a third of the inherited portions of cholesterol and triglyceride measured in the blood.