Studies of an Association in Boys of Blood Pressure and the Y Chromosome

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Shankar, R Ravi ^a   Charchar, Fadi J ^d   Eckert, George J ^a   Saha, Chandan ^a   Tu, Wanzhu ^a   Dominiczak, Anna F ^c   Pratt, J Howard ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Richard L Roudeboush V A M C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; ethnicity; puberty; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RESTRICTION SITE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 33845723265     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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