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Are there interactions and relations between genetic and environmental factors predisposing to high blood pressure?
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1991
Williams R R, Hunt S C, Hasstedt S J, Hopkins P N, Wu L L, Berry T D, Stults B M, Barlow G K, Schumacher M C, Lifton R P
Abstract excerpt
An overview of published observations suggests that both genetic predisposition and environment work together to produce hypertension in most persons. High blood pressure before age 55 occurs 3.8 times more often among persons with a strong positive family history of high blood pressure. Much of the total variability in blood pressure in modern populations seems attributable to genetic factors. Estimates of the...
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- Genes
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hypertension
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- Lipids