Country of birth affects blood pressure and metabolic factors in hypertensive and diabetic populations born in France, Asia or Africa

Country of birth affects blood pressure and metabolic factors in hypertensive and diabetic populations born in France, Asia or Africa

Abstract:In large populations, individuals born in France have significantly different levels of blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors than African and Asian populations born in their own country but living in France. Our objective was to investigate the impact of country of birth...

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Main Authors: Sola eAoun Bahous, Frédérique eThomas, Bruno ePannier, Nicolas eDanchin, MICHEL E. SAFAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus
Hypertension
ethnicity
wave reflection
Aortic stiffness
Country of birth
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2015.00248/full

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