Association between family history and coronary heart disease death across long-term follow-up in men: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Bachmann JM, Willis BL, Ayers CR, Khera A, Berry JD. Association between family history and coronary heart disease death across long-term follow-up in men: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. Circulation. 2012 Jun 26;125(125). 3092-8. PMID: 22623718 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3631594 NIHMSID: NIHMS459143.

Abstract

Family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) has been well studied as an independent risk factor for CHD events in the short term (<10 years). However, data are sparse on the association between family history and risk for CHD across long-term follow-up.