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Interactive influences of ethnicity, endothelin-1 gene, and everyday discrimination upon nocturnal ambulatory blood pressure.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - 1 Jun 2013
Gregoski Mathew J, Buxbaum Sarah G, Kapuku Gaston, Dong Yanbin, Zhu Haidong, Davis Mary, Gonto Kelsey, Treiber Frank A
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BACKGROUND: Everyday discrimination scale scores are associated with increased ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and reduced nocturnal dipping, and the endothelin-1 (ET-1)/Lys198Asn polymorphism is associated with increased resting BP and exaggerated BP reactivity among African Americans compared to European Americans. Combined influences of these factors on BP control are unknown. PURPOSE: This study tested the...
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