The effects of sex and method of blood pressure measurement on genetic associations with blood pressure in the PAMELA study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-477

  Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^a   Menni, Cristina ^a,b   Lee, Wai K ^a   Laing, Stewart ^a   Brambilla, Paola ^b,c   Sega, Roberto ^b   Perego, Roberto ^b,c   Grassi, Guido ^b   Cesana, Giancarlo ^b   Delles, Christian ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^b   Dominiczak, Anna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Association; Blood pressure; Genetics

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77149127075     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833594d7     Document Type: Article

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