senior citizens

[chaya009]

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.
A. same.
B. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases
C. and a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases runs in the family.
D. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in them
E. with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family.

OA later

[prinit]

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.
A. same.
B. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases
C. and a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases runs in the family.
D. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in them
E. with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family.

OA later

My Pick would be E. >> parallelism and unnecessary modifiers are not present.

[chaya009]

Even i picked E, but it is not correct.

[money9111]

I chose B... Experts believe that senior citizens whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases are more likely...

that was my rationale

[chaya009]

OA is B,

can you please explain why E is wrong.

[mmslf75]

OA is B,

can you please explain why E is wrong.

Source ??

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.

E. with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family.

When option E is present in the underlined part, it means as though

EXPERTS BELIEVE... WITH A PREDISPOSITION...

WITH presence makes the sentence nonsensical

[becnil]

My share of thought:

The use of "whose families" after "average cholesterol" seemed ambiguous to me, thats why I chose E.

[chaya009]

The source is Manhattan review.
Thanks for the explanation.

[gmattarget700]

E could be right if we add "and"

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol AND with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.

without "AND" the sentence seems not connecting...in the presence of two "with"


experts, do you agree with above?

[money9111]

wow I'm proud of myself!

[gmattarget700]

experts,

seeking some comments on my last post....thanks

[soumyopriyosaha]

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.
A. same.
B. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases
C. and a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases runs in the family.
D. whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in them
E. with a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases running in the family.

OA later

IMO B.
IN B whose refers to senior citizens correctly and it is the most concise answer.
The problem that I think with E is the use of "with" might refer back to average cholesterol which will render the sentence useless.