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Association of the human Y chromosome with high blood pressure in the general population.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 2000
Ellis J A, Stebbing M, Harrap S B
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in the Y chromosome has significant effects on male blood pressure in experimental animals, but the effects in humans are unknown. We examined the relationship between blood pressure and a polymorphic HINdIII restriction site in the nonrecombining region of the Y chromosome in 409 randomly selected men from the general population. Carefully standardized measures of systolic and diastolic blood...
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