Effect of Previous Exposure to Malaria on Blood Pressure in Kilifi, Kenya: A Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: Malaria exposure in childhood may contribute to high blood pressure (BP) in adults. We used sickle cell trait (SCT) and α(+)thalassemia, genetic variants conferring partial protection against malaria, as tools to test this hypothesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Study sites were Kilifi, Kenya,...

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Yayımlandı:J Am Heart Assoc
Asıl Yazarlar: Etyang, Anthony O., Kapesa, Sailoki, Odipo, Emily, Bauni, Evasius, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Abdalla, Marwah, Muntner, Paul, Musani, Solomon K., Macharia, Alex, Williams, Thomas N., Cruickshank, J. Kennedy, Smeeth, Liam, Scott, J. Anthony G.
Materyal Türü: Artigo
Dil:Inglês
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Original Research
Online Erişim:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6475058/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30879408
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.011771
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