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

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Title		Heritability of ambulatory and office blood pressure in the Swiss population
Authors		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 show all authors [1 - 17]
Published in		Journal of Hypertension. 2015, vol. 33, no. 10, p. 2061-2067
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.
Keywords		Adult — Blood Pressure/genetics — Blood Pressure Determination — Female — Humans — Hypertension/epidemiology/genetics — Male — Middle Aged — Switzerland/epidemiology — White Coat Hypertension/epidemiology/genetics
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000681 PMID: 26203966
Full text		Article (Published version) (275 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et de médecine communautaires Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et de médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours
Research groups		Insuffisance rénale chronique (941) Hypertension artérielle (128) Groupe Pierre-Yves Martin (néphrologie) (30) Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23)
Citation (ISO format)		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. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:89457