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Ambulatory blood pressure and family history of hypertension in healthy men and women.
American journal of hypertension - 1 May 2006
Goldstein Iris B, Shapiro David, Guthrie Donald
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BACKGROUND: Family history of hypertension is a primary predictor of high blood pressure (BP). This study attempted to determine whether there is a gradual increase in BP between individuals with two hypertensive parents, one hypertensive parent, and normotensive parents and whether this increase is apparent with both ambulatory and casual BP assessments in men as well as in women. METHODS: A total of 220 healthy...
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