Relative roles of heredity and physical activity in adolescence and adulthood on blood pressure

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1046-1052

  Hernelahti, Miika ^a,d   Levälahti, Esko ^a   Simonen, Riitta L ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Kujala, Urho M ^a   Uusitalo Koskinen, Arja L T ^b   Battié, Michele C ^c   Videman, Tapio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d U for Sports and Exercise Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exercise; Hypertension; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXERCISE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 4344610580     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01324.2003     Document Type: Article

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