Heritability of central blood pressure and arterial stiffness: A twin study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1564-1571

  Tarnoki, Adam Domonkos ^a   Tarnoki, David Laszlo ^a   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^b   Medda, Emanuela ^b   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^b   Nisticò, Lorenza ^b   Fagnani, Corrado ^b   Lucatelli, Pierleone ^c   Boatta, Emanuele ^c   Zini, Chiara ^c   Fanelli, Fabrizio ^c   Baracchini, Claudio ^d   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^d   Osztovits, Janos ^e   Jermendy, Gyorgy ^e   Préda, István ^a,f   Kiss, Róbert Gábor ^a,f   Metneki, Julia ^g   Horvath, Tamas ^a   Karlinger, Kinga ^a   Racz, Adel ^a   Lannert, Agnes ^a   Molnar, Andrea Agnes ^a,f   Littvay, Levente ^h   Garami, Zsolt ⁱ   Berczi, Viktor ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^j   more..

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e BAJCSY ZSILINSZKY HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^f State Health Center Military Hospital   (Hungary)

^g Orszagos Szakfelugyeleti Modszertani Kozpont Hungary   (Hungary)

^h CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

augmentation index; environmental effects; genetics; pulse pressure; pulse wave velocity; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863812668     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835527ae     Document Type: Article

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