Article
A prospective study of sodium-lithium countertransport and hypertension in Utah.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jan 1991
Hunt S C, Stephenson S H, Hopkins P N, Hasstedt S J, Williams R R
Abstract excerpt
A 7-year prospective study of a cohort of 1,458 normotensive adults from Utah pedigrees, screened from 1980 to 1985, was done to determine whether baseline levels of sodium-lithium countertransport were associated with an increased risk of future hypertension. Subsequent new hypertension (n = 39) was ascertained in 1989 from detailed follow-up medical questionnaires (67% response). Previous segregation analyses...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antiporters
- Carrier Proteins
- Cohort Studies
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged