Article
Familial factors of blood pressure and adiposity covariation.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Mar 2001
Livshits G, Gerber L M
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we used the maximum likelihood approach as implemented by variance analysis and attempted to quantify genetic and environmental components of variance in systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure in 514 individuals who belonged to a total of 135 nuclear families of Chuvasha, Russia, ethnic origin. The extent to which these interindividual differences depend on age, gender, body mass...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Analysis of Variance
- Blood Pressure
- Body Composition
- Body Mass Index
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nuclear Family
- Phenotype
- Russia
- Sex Factors
