Telomere Length Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Statin Response

NILESH SAMANI, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 369:107
A new genetic test could help predict which individuals will develop coronary heart disease among those with similar conventional risk factors. The length of the terminating structures of chromosomes, telomeres,
…A new genetic test could help predict which individuals will develop coronary heart disease among those with similar conventional risk factors. The length of the terminating structures of chromosomes, telomeres,