Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents with the Sickle Cell Trait

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 199-205

  Etyang, Anthony O ^a,b   Wandabwa, Christopher K ^c   Kapesa, Sailoki ^a   Muthumbi, Esther ^a   Odipo, Emily ^a   Wamukoya, Marylene ^c   Ngomi, Nicholas ^c   Haregu, Tilahun ^c   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^c   Williams, Thomas N ^a,d   Makale, Johnstone ^a   Macharia, Alex ^a   Cruickshank, J Kennedy ^e   Smeeth, Liam ^b   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

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

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; hypertension; sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CELL; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; MALARIA; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; KENYA; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85044328390     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx232     Document Type: Article

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