Researchers Discover Genetic Patterns That Double Ones Likelihood For Heart Disease
May 4, 2007 by Kendra James, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Researches have identified yet another genetic pattern that would increase a persons likelihood of suffering from heart disease by double fold. Heart Disease is the number 1 leading cause of death in the United States.
In one of two studies reported yesterday in the journal Science, researchers who compared DNA of 17,000 heart patients and healthy volunteers in Europe, the United States and Iceland found that someone carrying a set of genetic variants on Chromosome 9p21 is twice as likely to suffer an early heart attack. For women, that’s before the age of 60, and for men, 50.
They have found a very substantial risk factor for the leading killer. I am sure there will a be a big leap into this research by many worldwide. This is both exciting and promising information.
In the second study, researchers using DNA from 23,000 heart patients and healthy volunteers in Canada, Denmark and Texas found a genetic sequence on the same chromosome that increases the risk of heart disease by up to 40 percent. About one in four people carry the sequence, the researchers say.
What do you think will follow? Hmm, possibly a test much like the one being offered for at risk diabetics by deCODE
