Article
Familial resemblance of blood pressure with residual household environmental effects in consanguineous and nonconsanguineous families from Andhra Pradesh, India.
Human biology - 1 Dec 1992
Rice T, Nirmala A, Reddy P C, Ramana P V, Krishna K S, Rao D C
Abstract excerpt
Familial aggregation of blood pressure (BP), both systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP), was examined in consanguineous and nonconsanguineous families from southern India. Path analysis of BP suggests inbreeding effects, with the genetic variance for SBP being lower in the sample that included inbre...
Topics
- Blood Pressure
- Consanguinity
- Developing Countries
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Hypertension
- India
- Life Style
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype