The epigenetic etiology of cardiovascular disease in a longitudinal Swedish twin study.

Xueying QinIda K KarlssonYunzhang WangXia LiNancy PedersenChandra A ReynoldsSara Hägg

Published in: Clinical epigenetics (2021)

We present evidence for a directional association from DNA methylation on cardiometabolic traits and CVD, rather than the opposite, highlighting the role of epigenetics in CVD development.

Keyphrases

dna methylation
cardiovascular disease
genome wide
gene expression
type diabetes
copy number
metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular events