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How family history and risk factors for hypertension relate to ambulatory blood pressure in healthy adults.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Feb 2008
Goldstein Iris B, Shapiro David, Weiss Robert E
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BACKGROUND: Although family history is a major predictor of hypertension, other risk factors have been linked to elevated blood pressure (BP). This study explored the relationship of norepinephrine (NE), insulin resistance and lipids to family history of hypertension, and attempted to determine the combined effects of family history and these factors on BP. METHODS: A total of 220 healthy men and women, aged...
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