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Early inflammatory and metabolic changes in association with AGTR1 polymorphisms in prehypertensive subjects.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Feb 2011
Fung Maple M, Rao Fangwen, Poddar Sameer, Mahata Manjula, Khandrika Srikrishna, Mahata Sushil K, O'Connor Daniel T
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BACKGROUND: The Seventh Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in 2003 created a prehypertension category for persons with blood pressures ranging from systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120-139 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 80 to 89 mm Hg, due to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. METHODS: Our study utilized the University of...
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