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Cardiovascular characteristics in American youth with prehypertension.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Oct 2007
Zhu Haidong, Yan Weili, Ge Dongliang, Treiber Frank A, Harshfield Gregory A, Kapuku Gaston, Snieder Harold, Dong Yanbin
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular structure and function in youth with prehypertension have been incompletely investigated. METHODS: Casual and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurement, arterial stiffness, noninvasive hemodynamic profiles, and cardiac structure were studied in a twin cohort of American black and white youth (n = 942; mean age, 17.6 +/- 3.3 years SD). A family history of essential hypertension was used...
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