Genetic and environmental influences on cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive function: A Chinese twin aging study.
Chunsheng XuXiaocao TianJianping SunYili WuDongfeng ZhangZengchang PangShuxia LiInge PetersenJonas Mengel-FromLene ChristiansenKaare ChristensenQihua TanPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2017)
Cognitive function was genetically related to systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride and HDLC with a negative or positive direction. Cognition and HDLC might share part of a similar unique environmental factor. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 352-359.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- cardiovascular risk factors
- hypertensive patients
- heart rate
- cardiovascular disease
- human health
- metabolic syndrome
- left ventricular
- low density lipoprotein
- life cycle
- mild cognitive impairment
- risk assessment
- genome wide
- dna methylation
- copy number
- multiple sclerosis
- atrial fibrillation
- insulin resistance
- climate change