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Heritability of blood pressure responses to cold pressor test in a Chinese population.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Oct 2009
Mei Hao, Gu Dongfeng, Rice Treva K, Hixson James E, Chen Jing, Jaquish Cashell E, Zhao Qi, Chen Chung-Shiuan, Chen Ji-Chun, Gu C Charles, Kelly Tanika N, He Jiang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic determinants of blood pressure (BP) responses to the cold pressor test (CPT), a phenotype associated with risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease has not been well studied. METHODS: We examined the heritability of BP response to CPT in 1,994 subjects from 627 families in rural north China. BP was measured before and at 0, 1, 2, and 4 min after the participants immersed their hand in...
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