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Swedish study says it's first to quantify heritability of the disease
Jump to full article: HealthDay [HealthScout], 2008-02-29
Intro: While smoking is the leading risk factor for chronic bronchitis, genes also play a major role in the development of the disease, say Swedish researchers.
The study, which analyzed data on more than 40,000 twins born in 1958 or earlier, found that inherited genes accounted for 40 percent of the risk for chronic bronchitis and that 14 percent of the genetic risk was also linked to a genetic predisposition to smoke, whether or not a person actually smoked.
The findings are published in the first issue for March of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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