title: Genetics and behavioral medicine: risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
abstract: This is the second in a series of three articles addressing the intersection of interests in behavioral genetics and behavioral medicine. In this article, we use risk factors for cardiovascular disease as a prototypical trait for which behavioral genetic approaches provide powerful tools for understanding how risk factors, behavior, and health outcomes are related. The approach synthesizes a number of methods and areas of interest in an attempt to arrive at a comprehensive, whole-organism understanding of health-related risk factors and their response to behavioral interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Vogler
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: McClearn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Snieder
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Boomsma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Knijff
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Slagboom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic