Heritability of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in Swedish families

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-300

  Fava, C ^a,b   Ricci, M S ^b   Burri, P ^a   Minuz, P ^b   Melander, O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ELASTICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 41049084472     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002323     Document Type: Article

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