Environmental stress and genes of hypertension.

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1. Genetic, common household and non-familial environmental factors contribute about 33, 15 and 50% of blood pressure (BP) variance, respectively. Although usually considered to be additive, the environmental impact on the expression of hypertension may also interact with genetic components. Even factors such as gender and age may exert an additive (subtractive) or interactive effect. These interactions usually...

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