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Risk for hypertension crosses generations in the community: a multi-generational cohort study.
European heart journal - 1 Aug 2017
Niiranen Teemu J, McCabe Elizabeth L, Larson Martin G, Henglin Mir, Lakdawala Neal K, Vasan Ramachandran S, Cheng Susan
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AIMS: Parental hypertension is known to predict high blood pressure (BP) in children. However, the extent to which risk for hypertension is conferred across multiple generations, notwithstanding the impact of environmental factors, is unclear. Our objective was therefore to evaluate the degree to which risk for hypertension extends across multiple generations of individuals in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS:...
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