Familial aggregation of resting blood pressure and heart rate in a sedentary population: The HERITAGE Family Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-270

  An, Ping ^a,b,c,d,e   Rice, Treva ^a,b,c,d,e   Gagnon, Jacques ^a,b,c,d,e   Borecki, Ingrid B ^a,b,c,d,e   Pérusse, Louis ^a,b,c,d,e   Leon, Arthur S ^a,b,c,d,e   Skinner, James S ^a,b,c,d,e   Wilmore, Jack H ^a,b,c,d,e   Bouchard, Claude ^a,b,c,d,e   Rao, D C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; HERITAGE Family Study; Resting blood pressure; Resting heart rate; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033104626     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00261-1     Document Type: Article

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