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Table 2 Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS) genetic testing

From: Rationale and design of the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study: a randomized trial assessing the efficacy of the addition of an interactive, personalized, web-based, lifestyle intervention tool to an existing health information web platform in a high-risk employee population

Genotype

Clinical utility

KIF6

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for heart disease and reduction of heart disease events with atorvastatin or pravastatin therapy

CYP2C19

Provides genetic information about a person’s metabolism of certain drugs such as clopidogrel

ApoE

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for heart disease and response to different amounts of dietary fat

LPA-Aspirin

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for heart disease and reduction of heart disease events with aspirin therapy

4q25-AF

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for atrial fibrillation and risk for stroke caused by atrial fibrillation

LPA-Intron 25

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for heart disease

9p21-MI

Provides genetic information about a person’s increased risk for a myocardial infarction at an early age, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and coronary heart disease