Heritability of central systolic pressure augmentation: A twin study

Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 574-579

  Snieder, Harold ^a   Hayward, Christopher S ^b   Perks, Ursula ^a   Kelly, Raymond P ^b   Kelly, Paul J ^c   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Gemini Holdings Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Augmentation index; Blood pressure; Genetics; Hypertrophy; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWINS;

EID: 0033951853     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.35.2.574     Document Type: Article

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