Maternal component in the familial aggregation of hypertension

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To assess maternal versus paternal contributions to the familial aggregation of hypertension, we examined family history data from 344 hypertensive probands (69 African American, 153 US Caucasian, 122 Greek Caucasian) ascertained without respect to parental hypertension status. The proportion of hypertensive mothers (81.7, 65.0 and 84.8% for African Americans, US Caucasians and Greek Caucasians, respectively) of...

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