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GenSalt: rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of study participants.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Aug 2007
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a complex disorder influenced by genetic and environmental determinants and their interactions. The objectives of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenSalt) are to localize and identify genes related to blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary sodium and potassium intervention. GenSalt utilizes a family feeding-study design. Each family was ascertained through a proband with...
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