Population
109 human twin pairs
Design
Cross-sectional
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May inform sympathetic role in early hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal confirmation.
There is a substantial genetic influence on plasma catecholamine levels, which may be relevant to the role of the sympathetic nervous system in early essential hypertension.
Williams et al. (1993) studied this question.
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