Heritability of blood pressure in Nigerian families

doi:10.1097/00004872-200205000-00019

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Heritability of blood pressure in Nigerian families

1 May 2002

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OBJECTIVES: There are few studies of familial aggregation of blood pressure in African populations. This study was undertaken to provide estimates of heritability for four blood pressure phenotypes: systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure. METHODS: A population-based sample of 528 pedigrees or extended families, comprising 1825 measured...

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