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HYPERTENSION AND FAMILY HISTORY IN MISSAN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY | ||
| The Medical Journal of Basrah University | ||
| Article 15, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-81 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/mjbu.2006.46426 | ||
| Author | ||
| Yassen Obied Yaseen | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT In this case-control study, family history, as a risk factor for hypertension, was assessed in 464 patients with proved hypertension revealing 247(53.2%) hypertensive patients with positive family history of this disease as compared to 26.4% of normotensive control subjects with positive family history of hypertension. More frequent hypertensive mothers were recognized as a first degree relative to both hypertensive and normotensive patients inquired about family history of hypertension. | ||
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