Clinical characteristics of the core pedigree included in linkage analysis.

AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction; AP = Angina Pectoris; PTCA = Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty; CABG = Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; CVA = Cerebrovascular Accident. Simva = Simvastatin, Rosuva = Rosuvastatin, Prava = Pravastatin and Atorva = Atorvastatin. BMI = body mass index (kg/cm2).† = index case. Subjects were considered smokers if they were current smokers or when they quitted smoking within the last 5 years.