Sibling aggregation of blood pressure: Nature or nurture?
| Autor: | Sidney Blumenthal, Charles H. Hennekens, Janet E. Gourley, Mary Jane Jesse, Barbara E. Klein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Genotype Epidemiology business.industry Infant Newborn Twins Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Blood Pressure Social Environment Nature versus nurture Blood pressure Pregnancy Child Preschool medicine Humans Family Female Sibling Child business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine. 5:60-62 |
| ISSN: | 0091-7435 |
| Popis: | The finding of sibling aggregation of blood pressure has been extended to include young children. At the Specialized Center of Research, University of Miami School of Medicine, we have demonstrated this tendency among a group of sibships each of which contains a 1-month-old infant. In another study, we have demonstrated higher correlations between blood pressures of full siblings than half-siblings. These findings, taken together, are most compatible with the existence of genetic determinants of the tendency toward sibling aggregation of blood pressure. |
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