White matter disease in midlife is heritable, related to hypertension, and shares some genetic influence with systolic blood pressure

Volume: 12, Pages: 737 - 745
Published: Feb 1, 2016
Abstract
White matter disease in the brain increases with age and cardiovascular disease, emerging in midlife, and these associations may be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. We examined the frequency, distribution, and heritability of abnormal white matter and its association with hypertension in 395 middle-aged male twins (61.9 ± 2.6 years) from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging, 67% of whom were hypertensive. A multi-channel...
Paper Details
Title
White matter disease in midlife is heritable, related to hypertension, and shares some genetic influence with systolic blood pressure
Published Date
Feb 1, 2016
Volume
12
Pages
737 - 745
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