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HYPERTENSION AND FAMILY HISTORY IN MISSAN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Author(s) -

Yassen Obied Yaseen

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the medical journal of basrah university

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2413-4414

pISSN - 0253-0759

DOI - 10.33762/mjbu.2006.46426

Subject(s) - family history , medicine , clinical history , hypertensive disease , risk factor , disease , case control study , medical history , pediatrics , blood pressure

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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