Which of the Following Individuals Have Been Shown to Have

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following individuals have been shown to have greater tendency to suffer from hypertension?

• A)Those with high levels of stress whose parents had normal blood pressure
• B)Those with low levels of stress whose parents had high blood pressure
• C)Those with high levels of stress whose parents had high blood pressure
• D)Those with low levels of stress whose parents had normal blood pressure

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Definitions:

Obesity

Excess body fat accumulation that presents a risk to health, defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher.

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that result from one fertilized egg splitting and developing into two embryos, genetically identical.

Dizygotic Twins

Twins conceived by the union of two different ova (or a single ovum that has split) with two different sperm cells; also called fraternal twins; they are no more alike genetically than any other siblings.

Concordance

The agreement or compatibility between traits, beliefs, or values among individuals or in data, often used in genetics and psychology to measure similarity.