The contribution of risk factors to blood pressure heritability estimates in young adults: the East flanders prospective twin study

The contribution of risk factors to blood pressure heritability estimates in young adults: the East flanders prospective twin study. Zeegers MP, Rijsdijk F, Sham P, Fagard R, Gielen M, De Leeuw PW, Vlietinck R. Maastricht University, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht, the Netherlands. mpa.zeegers@epid.unimaas.nl The heritability of blood pressure estimated in previous studies may be confounded by the influence of potential blood pressure risk factors. We applied the classical twin design to estimate the contribution of these covariates to blood pressure heritability. The study consisted o... Mehr ...