Genetic and environmental influences on blood pressure variability: A study in twins

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 690-697

  Xu, Xiaojing ^a   Ding, Xiuhua ^a   Zhang, Xinyan ^b   Su, Shaoyong ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^d   Fagard, Robert ^e   Derom, Catherine ^d   Gielen, Marij ^f,g   Loos, Ruth J F ^d,h,i   Snieder, Harold ^j   Wang, Xiaoling ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^f Research School for Nutrition   (Belgium)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

blacks; blood pressure variability; heritability; meta analysis; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

EID: 84875134045     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835e2a4a     Document Type: Article

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