«These are all potentially multigenic disorders that have
a lot of genetic components.
Not exact matches
A
lot of hand osteoarthritis is job related, but if you have it in your knees and hips, too, there may be a
genetic component, says Rachel S. Rohde, MD, a spokesperson for the American Academy
of Orthopedic Surgeons.
Some cases
of depression have a
genetic component, but
lots of factors beyond an inherited tendency can spur and aggravate depression symptoms, including various environmental factors.
If you've got high blood pressure, it's most likely — again, there's obviously a very small
genetic component, but in most cases it's because you might be smoking, you're eating a
lot of processed, garbage foods, and those are the big culprits
of high blood pressure.