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Familial predisposition to hypertension and the association between urinary sodium excretion and blood pressure in a population-based sample of young adults.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Jul 2000
Moraes R S, Fuchs F D, Dalla Costa F, Moreira L B
Abstract excerpt
The reasons for the inconsistent association between salt consumption and blood pressure levels observed in within-society surveys are not known. A total of 157 normotensive subjects aged 18 to 35 years, selected at random in a cross-sectional population-based survey, answered a structured questionnaire. They were classified as strongly predisposed to hypertension when two or more first-degree relatives had a...
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