Twin research on atherosclerotic plaque, ApoB, LDL, Lp(a), arterial stiffness, coronary disease, menopause, epigenetics, stroke and the interaction between inherited susceptibility and environment.
Twin imaging studies show a strong inherited signal for some plaque traits — while other plaque components appear much more connected to environment.
Read article A 2026 Swedish twin metabolomics study found a striking cluster of myocardial-infarction signals around ApoB-related lipoprotein biology.
Read article A coronary CT twin study found a sharp contrast between the heritability of calcified plaque and the environmental pattern of noncalcified plaque.
Read article A new discordant-twin multi-omics study found intriguing immune and inflammatory patterns — but the findings remain exploratory, not clinical biomarkers.
Read article A 36-year Swedish twin follow-up found a meaningful genetic contribution to coronary heart-disease mortality — strongest earlier in life, but never equivalent to fate.
Read article A large TwinsUK study found very high heritability for Lp(a) and showed that the balance between genes and shared environment can change across menopause for other lipid traits.
Read article Female twin studies show that stiffening, calcification, dilation and wall thickening overlap — but they do not behave like one single ageing process.
Read article Three terms often appear in the same cardiovascular conversation, but they describe different parts of lipoprotein biology and are inherited in different ways.
Read article Danish twin studies find a familial and genetic component to stroke — but the inherited signal appears more moderate than for ischemic heart disease.
Read article Discordant identical twins and coronary imaging offer powerful clues about modifiable exposures, but they do not turn complex disease into a simple lifestyle experiment.
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