Altria Group, Inc. (renamed from Philip Morris Companies Inc. on January 27, 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes and related products. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia.
Hereditary Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes tends to be fairly hereditary in contrast to type 1 diabetes. Approximately 38% of siblings and one-third of children of people with type 2 diabetes will develop diabetes or abnormal glucose metabolism at some point.
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is most commonly inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, meaning that each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance of developing the condition. However families with autosomal recessive inheritance and apparent maternal inheritance have also been reported.