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The influence of family history of Hypertension on disease prevalence and associated metabolic risk factors among Sri Lankan adults

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. Family history is an important non-modifiable risk factor for hypertension. The present study aims to describe the influence of family history (FH) on hypertension prevalence and associated metabolic risk...

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Autores principales:	Ranasinghe, Priyanga, Cooray, Dilini N., Jayawardena, Ranil, Katulanda, Prasad
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26092387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1927-7

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