Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia – (05-17-01)

Mortality over two centuries in familial hypercholesterolaemia

I love articles like these, especially with some much energy and money being thrown at genetics these days. This article follows one family for 200 years. The end result? Environment is much more important in risk of cardiovascular disease. As a society, we would be so much healthier if we could just focus a mere fraction of the money spent on disease awareness on prevention instead.

bmj.com Abstracts: Sijbrands et al. 322 (7293): 1019

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