Gene and environmental interactions according to the components of lifestyle modifications in hypertension guidelines

• Main Authors: Yoshihiro Kokubo (Author), Sandosh Padmanabhan (Author), Yoshio Iwashima (Author), Kazumasa Yamagishi (Author), Atsushi Goto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Risk factors for hypertension consist of lifestyle and genetic factors. Family history and twin studies have yielded heritability estimates of BP in the range of 34-67%. The most recent paper of BP GWAS has explained about 20% of the population variation of BP. An overestimation of heritabi...