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Genetic admixture, social-behavioural factors and body composition are associated with blood pressure differently by racial-ethnic group among children.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Feb 2012
Klimentidis Y C, Dulin-Keita A, Casazza K, Willig A L, Allison D B, Fernandez J R
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease has a progressively earlier age of onset, and disproportionately affects African Americans (AAs) in the United States. It has been difficult to establish the extent to which group differences are due to physiological, genetic, social or behavioural factors. In this study, we examined the association between blood pressure and these factors among a sample of 294 children, identified as AA,...
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