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Genetic risk factors influence nighttime blood pressure and related cardiovascular complications in patients with coronary heart disease.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jan 2018
Wirtwein Marcin, Melander Olle, Sjőgren Marketa, Hoffmann Michal, Narkiewicz Krzysztof, Gruchala Marcin, Sobiczewski Wojciech
Abstract excerpt
Genetic predisposition of elevated nighttime blood pressure (BP) in patients with coronary heart disease is unknown. We evaluated genetic predisposition and the relationship between elevated nighttime BP and cardiovascular complications over a median of 8.6 years of observation of hypertensive subjects with coronary atherosclerosis confirmed by coronary angiography. Genetic Risk Score (GRS19) was constructed to...
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