Environmental and Genetic Contribution to Hypertension Prevalence: Data from an Epidemiological Survey on Sardinian Genetic Isolates

Hypertension represents a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide but its prevalence has been shown to vary in different countries. The reasons for such differences are still matter of debate, the relative contributions given by environmental and genetic factors being still p...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e59612
Main Authors:	Biino, Ginevra, Parati, Gianfranco, Concas, Maria Pina, Adamo, Mauro, Angius, Andrea, Vaccargiu, Simona, Pirastu, Mario
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 20.03.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Age composition Age Factors Alcohol Drinking Alcohol use Alcoholic beverages Blood Blood pressure Blood Pressure - physiology Body Weight Cardiology Cardiovascular diseases Cholesterol Cholesterol - blood Councils Cross-Sectional Studies Current distribution Determinants Educational Status Environmental factors Epidemiology Female Genetic factors Genetic Pleiotropy - physiology Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics Genomes Health aspects Heart Rate Heritability Humans Hypertension Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - genetics Inhabitants Italy - epidemiology Life sciences Male Medicine Men Mitochondrial DNA Morbidity Mortality Phenotype Pleiotropy Population genetics Populations Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Regression Analysis Risk Factors Sex Sex Factors Smoking Studies Surveys Italy
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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