Maternal influence on blood pressure suggests involvement of mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of hypertension: The Framingham Heart Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2067-2073

  Yang, Qiong ^a   Kim, Sung K ^b   Sun, Fengzhu ^b   Cui, Jing ^c   Larson, Martin G ^d,e   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^c,d   Levy, Daniel ^c,d   Schwartz, Faina ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure genetics; Maternal effect; Mitochondrial inheritance; Primary (essential) hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXTENDED FAMILY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOME; GROUPS BY AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VARIANCE;

EID: 34748881863     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328285a36e     Document Type: Article

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