Analysis of candidate genes and hypertension in African American adults

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a   Yao, Xiaopan ^b   Boomer, K B ^d   Vogler, George P ^b,c   Hayward, Mark D ^e   Vandenbergh, David J ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Developmental and Health Genetics   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood pressure; Polymorphism; Population stratification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; TWINS;

EID: 65249108108     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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