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Physical activity modifies the associations between genetic variants and hypertension in the Chinese children.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 2012
Xi Bo, Cheng Hong, Shen Yue, Zhao Xiaoyuan, Hou Dongqing, Wang Xingyu, Mi Jie
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BACKGROUND: Childhood hypertension is a complex disease influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. We aimed to examine the effect of interactions of five polymorphisms with physical activity on blood pressure (BP)/hypertension in the Chinese children. METHODS AND RESULTS: A population-based case-control study was carried out in Beijing of China in 2004, which included 619 hypertensive cases and 2458...
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