Heritability of blood pressure and hemodynamics in African- and European-American youth

Hypertension

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1196-1201

  Snieder, Harold ^a,b   Harshfield, Gregory A ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Genetics; Hemodynamics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038458878     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000072269.19820.0D     Document Type: Article

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