Antihypertensive treatments obscure familial contributions to blood pressure variation

Hypertension

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-210

  Cui, Jisheng S ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Genetics; Human

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0037317663     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000044938.94050.E3     Document Type: Article

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