title: Key concepts regarding the genetics of hypertension in humans.
abstract: More and more, genetic research is being used to investigate the problem of hypertension, especially as hypertension appears to be a population-wide phenomenon. This article discusses such key concepts as phenotypic variation within the hypertensive subpopulation, the importance of a family history for hypertension in predicting hypertension, the development of hypertension in youth, environmental considerations (nature v nurture), and gene linkage.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah Cardiovascular Genetics Research Clinic, Salt Lake City 84108.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*