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Genetic association of short sleep duration with hypertension incidence--a 6-year follow-up in the Korean genome and epidemiology study.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2012
Kim Se Joong, Lee Seung Ku, Kim Seong Hwan, Yun Chang-Ho, Kim Je Hyeong, Thomas Robert J, Shin Chol
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BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HT) is caused by complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Despite evidence for an association between short sleep duration and the development of HT, genetic factors associated with this effect have not been defined. Here we prospectively investigated the incidence of HT in subjects with short sleep duration over a 6-year follow-up period, and identified associated...
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