Effect of Previous Exposure to Malaria on Blood Pressure in Kilifi, Kenya: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2019, Pages

  Etyang, Anthony O ^a,b   Kapesa, Sailoki ^a   Odipo, Emily ^a   Bauni, Evasius ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^c   Abdalla, Marwah ^d   Muntner, Paul ^e   Musani, Solomon K ^f   Macharia, Alex ^a   Williams, Thomas N ^a,g   Cruickshank, J Kennedy ^h   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 Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; high blood pressure; hypertension; malaria; Mendelian randomization; sickle cell disease; sickle cell trait; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MICROALBUMINURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85063268524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011771     Document Type: Article

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