Familial determinants of blood pressure in Northeastern Brazil

H. Krieger; N. E. Morton; D. C. Rao; Eliane Azevêdo

doi:10.1007/BF00287065

Familial determinants of blood pressure in Northeastern Brazil

H. Krieger, N. E. Morton, D. C. Rao, Eliane Azevêdo

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Genetic heritability in this triracial population is 0.41 for systolic pressure in children, 0.14 for systolic pressure in adults, and 0.34 for diastolic pressure in both generations. Cultural inheritance is much smaller, and there is no evidence of maternal effects or major loci.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-418
Number of pages	4
Journal	Human genetics
Volume	53
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287065
State	Published - Mar 1980

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