Familial genetic and environmental risk profile and high blood pressure event: a prospective cohort of cardio-metabolic and genetic study

Familial genetic and environmental risk profile and high blood pressure event: a prospective cohort of cardio-metabolic and genetic study

Background and aims High blood pressure is the heritable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether the presence of familial genetic and environmental risk factors are associated with increased risk of high blood pressure. Methods A total of 4,559 individuals from 401 families...

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Main Authors: Goodarz Kolifarhood, Maryam S. Daneshpour, Asiyeh Sadat Zahedi, Nasim Khosravi, Bahareh Sedaghati-Khayat, Kamran Guity, Saeid Rasekhi Dehkordi, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar, Forough Ghanbari, Farzad Hadaegh, Fereidoun Azizi, Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Siamak Sabour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-05-01
Series:Blood Pressure
Subjects:
hypertension
blood pressure
familial aggregation
genetics
linkage
epistasis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2021.1903807

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