Genetic ancestry, social classification, and racial inequalities in blood pressure in southeastern Puerto Rico

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Gravlee, Clarence C ^a   Non, Amy L ^a   Mulligan, Connie J ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLESIOMORPHY; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA(2C); ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUERTO RICO; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349086161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006821     Document Type: Article

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