HeartWire (1/24, Wood) reported, "A new analysis of more than 12.000 subjects participating in the global INTERHEART study shows that having one or both parents who have had an MI is a strong predictor of future MI in their offspring, independent of behavioral, biological, psychosocial, and genetic factors," according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. What's more, "the strength of the association with parental history persists across world regions, as well as across socioeconomic, age, and gender groups," the study noted.
POSTED BY STEVEN ALMANY, MD
No comments:
Post a Comment