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Familial genetic and environmental risk profile and high blood pressure event: a prospective cohort of cardio-metabolic and genetic study.
Blood pressure - 1 Jun 2021
Kolifarhood Goodarz, Daneshpour Maryam S, Zahedi Asiyeh Sadat, Khosravi Nasim, Sedaghati-Khayat Bahareh, Guity Kamran, Rasekhi Dehkordi Saeid, Amiri Roudbar Mahmoud, Ghanbari Forough, Hadaegh Farzad, Azizi Fereidoun, Akbarzadeh Mahdi, Sabour Siamak
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: High blood pressure is the heritable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether the presence of familial genetic and environmental risk factors are associated with increased risk of high blood pressure. METHODS: A total of 4,559 individuals from 401 families were included in this study. Familial aggregation analysis was carried out on systolic blood pressure (SBP),...
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