Heritability of ambulatory and office blood pressure in the Swiss population

Alwan, Heba; Ehret, Georg Benedikt; Ponte, Belen; Pruijm, Menno; Ackermann, Daniel; Guessous, Idris; Staessen, Jan A; Asayama, Kei; Kutalik, Zoltán; Vuistiner, Philippe; Paccaud, Fred; Pechere, Antoinette; Mohaupt, Markus; Vogt, Bruno Franz; Martin, Pierre-Yves; Burnier, Michel; Bochud, Murielle

doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000681

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Heritability of ambulatory and office blood pressure in the Swiss population

ContributorsAlwan, Heba; Ehret, Georg Benedikt; Ponte, Belen; Pruijm, Menno; Ackermann, Daniel; Guessous, Idris; Staessen, Jan A; Asayama, Kei; Kutalik, Zoltán; Vuistiner, Philippe; Paccaud, Fred; Pechere, Antoinette; Mohaupt, Markus; Vogt, Bruno Franz; Martin, Pierre-Yves; Burnier, Michel; Bochud, Murielle

Published inJournal of hypertension, vol. 33, no. 10, p. 2061-2067

Publication date2015

Abstract

Blood pressure (BP) is known to aggregate in families. Yet, heritability estimates are population-specific and no Swiss data have been published so far. We estimated the heritability of ambulatory and office BP in a Swiss population-based sample.

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Adult
Blood Pressure/genetics
Blood Pressure Determination
Female
Humans
Hypertension/epidemiology/genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Switzerland/epidemiology
White Coat Hypertension/epidemiology/genetics

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ALWAN, Heba et al. Heritability of ambulatory and office blood pressure in the Swiss population. In: Journal of hypertension, 2015, vol. 33, n° 10, p. 2061–2067. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000681

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PID : unige:89457
DOI : 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000681
PMID : 26203966

ISSN of the journal0263-6352

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Heritability of ambulatory and office blood pressure in the Swiss population

Blood pressure (BP) is known to aggregate in families. Yet, heritability estimates are population-specific and no Swiss data have been published so far. We estimated the heritability of ambulatory and office BP in a Swiss population-based sample.

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