A hypertensive father, but not hypertensive mother, determines blood pressure in normotensive male offspring through body mass index

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 441-445

  Uehara, Y ^a   Shin, W S ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Osanai, T ^a   Miyazaki, M ^a   Kanase, H ^a   Taguchi, R ^a   Sugano, K ^a   Toyo Oka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal chromosome; Body mass index; Family history of hypertension; Obesity; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PREDICTION; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031829747     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000646     Document Type: Article

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