The malaria-high blood pressure hypothesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-40

  Etyang, Anthony O ^a,b   Smeeth, Liam ^b   Cruickshank, J Kennedy ^c   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; epidemiology; inflammation; malaria

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MALARIA VACCINE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN; VASCULAR REMODELING;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALARIA;

EID: 84966440073     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308763     Document Type: Article

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