Sibling versus parent heart disease heart disease prediction

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Hi All,

Dad clearly had heart diseases, so the below URL from the CBC caught

my eye. The heart risk factor initiated my interest eventually in

CR, due to high cholesterol and irregular heart beat that I had.

Siblings having heart disease versus parents having heart disease

seems to be a better indication for our heart disease prediction.

I was surprised to read:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/10/05/heart_sibs041005.h

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I do not understand the indications from the genetics point of view.

Of course, my siblings have not been vigorously examined as were the

study subjects, but several have shared my heart disease risks that

are easily determined. An angiogram, many of the sophisticated

measurements done in the WUSTL studies and various other measurements

showed that I was free of all indications of heart disease and its

risks.

I checked the 5 October issue of Circulation and found no such paper.

Al Pater.