HYPERTENSION AND FAMILY HISTORY IN MISSAN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
The Medical Journal of Basrah University,
2006, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 78-81
10.33762/mjbu.2006.46426
Abstract
ABSTRACTIn 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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