A statistical investigation into the sharing of common genetic factors between blood pressure and obesity phenotypes in nuclear families from the Greater Bilbao (Spain).

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OBJECTIVES: Several obesity phenotypes (e.g. body mass and fat, fat distribution) have been suggested to be a risk for elevated blood pressure. This study was undertaken to determine the heritability of four blood pressure phenotypes: SBP, DBP, pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) and to assess the strength of genetic and environmental correlations among these phenotypes, and also between blood...

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