Article
Diurnal blood pressure variation and cardiac mass in American blacks and whites and South African blacks.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Mar 1992
Fumo M T, Teeger S, Lang R M, Bednarz J, Sareli P, Murphy M B
Abstract excerpt
American blacks exhibit higher nocturnal blood pressure than American whites with similar daytime pressure. To determine whether this represents a true racial difference, as opposed to a consequence of different environmental factors, we measured ambulatory blood pressure, cardiac left ventricula...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Black People
- Blood Pressure
- Circadian Rhythm
- Creatine
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Heart
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Potassium
- Sex Factors
- Sodium
- South Africa
- United States