Association of Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity and Genetic Ancestry with Arterial Elasticity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

BACKGROUND: African-Americans have a disproportionate burden of hypertension compared to Caucasians, while data on Hispanics is less well-defined. Mechanisms underlying these differences are unclear, but could be due in part to ancestral background and vascular function. METHODS AND RESULTS: 660 Afr...

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Main Authors: Wassel, Christina L., Jacobs, David R, Duprez, Daniel A., Bluemke, David A., Sibley, Christopher T., Criqui, Michael H., Peralta, Carmen A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218223/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21890448
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2011.07.005
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