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Haemochromatosis genotype and iron overload: association with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Ellervik C, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Appleyard M, Ibsen H, Nordestgaard B G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that there is an association between haemochromatosis genotype C282Y/C282Y and/or iron overload and risk of hypertension and/or left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). METHODS: We analysed data from a cross-sectional study of the general population including 8992 individuals from the Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS), a follow-up study of 36,480 individuals from the Copenhagen General...
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