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Gerardo Heiss

Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications -  649
Citations -  75660

Gerardo Heiss is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 128, co-authored 623 publications receiving 69393 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Heiss include Bank of America & Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Pleiotropic effects of genetic risk variants for other cancers on colorectal cancer risk: PAGE, GECCO and CCFR consortia

Iona Cheng, +72 more
- 01 May 2014 - 
TL;DR: This is the first study to clearly demonstrate Region 1 of chromosome 8q24 as a susceptibility locus for colorectal cancer; thus, adding coloreCTal cancer to the list of cancer sites linked to this particular multicancer risk region at 8q 24.
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American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 at Middle Age and Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction in Later Life

TL;DR: Optimal Life's Simple 7 at middle age was associated with better prognosis after myocardial infarction in later life, suggesting a secondary prevention benefit of having better cardiovascular health status in midlife.
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Race and gender differences in cord blood lipoproteins

TL;DR: Cord blood concentrations of both lipoproteins and apolipoproteins were examined in black and white neonates of both sexes, supporting the concept that the difference in lipoprotein concentration observed between race and gender groups includes a significant genetic component.
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Serum cholesterol, diet, and the decline in coronary heart disease mortality.

TL;DR: The decline in serum cholesterol was found to be consistent with the observed changes in dietary fat intake in the 1960s, and it was found that a decline in cholesterol of 5 mg/dl would predict a 4.3% decline in 6-year coronary heart disease death rates in middle-aged men.
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Myocardial Infarction Site and Mortality in Diabetes

TL;DR: The findings from this study suggest that the presence of both anterior size and diabetic status is synergistic with regard to the 60-day mortality rate.