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FH: CVS RS GIS UGS & CNS

Authoring team

CVS (1)

  • hypertension or stroke
  • coronary heart disease - coronaries or angina
  • lipid disorders - hypercholesterolaemia
  • congenital heart disease

RS (2,3,4)

  • asthma or COPD
  • cystic fibrosis
  • other atopy, hay fever or allergy

GIS (5,6)

  • gastric or duodenal ulcer
  • ulcerative colitis or Crohn's
  • liver or biliary disease
  • polyposis coli

UGS (7)

  • kidney disease - nephritic or polycystic
  • menstrual data - early or late menarche or menopause

CNS (8,9)

  • epilepsy
  • MS, migraine or Parkinson's disease
  • muscular dystrophy or motor neurone disease
  • Huntington's chorea
  • neurofibromatosis or tuberous sclerosis

Reference

  1. Chacko M et al. Family history of cardiovascular disease and risk of premature coronary heart disease: A matched case-control study. Wellcome Open Res. 2020 Jun 12:5:70.
  2. Hersch C et al. Family history is a risk factor for COPD. Chest. 2011 Aug;140(2):343-350.
  3. Liu T et al. The association between family history of asthma and the prevalence of asthma among US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. Genet Med. 2009 May;11(5):323-8.
  4. Thomsen S et al. Genetic and environmental contributions to hay fever among young adult twins. Respir Med. 2006 Dec;100(12):2177-82.
  5. Childers R et al. Family history of inflammatory bowel disease among patients with ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Crohns Colitis 2014 Nov;8(11):1480-97.
  6. Nishizawa T et al. Family history is an independent risk factor for the progression of gastric atrophy among patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. United European Gastroenterol J. 2016 Jun 22;5(1):32–36
  7. Freedman B. The importance of family history on the development of renal disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2004 May;13(3):337-41.
  8. Arienti F et al. Family History in Parkinson's Disease: A National Cross-Sectional Study. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Nov;11(11):1434-1440.
  9. Ottman R et al. Familial risk of epilepsy: a population-based study. Brain. 2014 Jan 25;137(3):795–805.

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