Hypertension in Families of African Origin

NCT00005444 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 4373R29HL052075
• Study Type: observational
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To investigate familial patterns of hypertension and related cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in the United States and Nigeria.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Hypertension

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 100 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

No eligibility criteria

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): lead

Related Publications (9)

• Rotimi C, Luke A, Li Z, Compton J, Bowsher R, Cooper R. Heritability of plasma leptin in a population sample of African-American families. Genet Epidemiol. 1997;14(3):255-63. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:33.0.CO;2-4.

  PMID: 9181355 BACKGROUND

• Rotimi C, Cooper R, Ogunbiyi O, Morrison L, Ladipo M, Tewksbury D, Ward R. Hypertension, serum angiotensinogen, and molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene among Nigerians. Circulation. 1997 May 20;95(10):2348-50. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.95.10.2348.

  PMID: 9170394 BACKGROUND

• Rotimi CN, Cooper RS, Cao G, Ogunbiyi O, Ladipo M, Owoaje E, Ward R. Maximum-likelihood generalized heritability estimate for blood pressure in Nigerian families. Hypertension. 1999 Mar;33(3):874-8. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.3.874.

  PMID: 10082502 BACKGROUND

• Rotimi CN, Comuzzie AG, Lowe WL, Luke A, Blangero J, Cooper RS. The quantitative trait locus on chromosome 2 for serum leptin levels is confirmed in African-Americans. Diabetes. 1999 Mar;48(3):643-4. doi: 10.2337/diabetes.48.3.643. No abstract available.

  PMID: 10078570 BACKGROUND

• Luke A, Rotimi CN, Adeyemo AA, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Prewitt TE, Moragne-Kayser L, Harders R, Cooper RS. Comparability of resting energy expenditure in Nigerians and U.S. blacks. Obes Res. 2000 Aug;8(5):351-9. doi: 10.1038/oby.2000.42.

  PMID: 10968726 BACKGROUND

• Okosun IS, Liao Y, Rotimi CN, Prewitt TE, Cooper RS. Abdominal adiposity and clustering of multiple metabolic syndrome in White, Black and Hispanic americans. Ann Epidemiol. 2000 Jul;10(5):263-70. doi: 10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00045-4.

  PMID: 10942873 BACKGROUND

• Schork NJ, Chakravarti A, Thiel B, Fornage M, Jacob HJ, Cai R, Rotimi CN, Cooper RS, Weder AB. Lack of association between a biallelic polymorphism in the adducin gene and blood pressure in whites and African Americans. Am J Hypertens. 2000 Jun;13(6 Pt 1):693-8. doi: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00237-5.

  PMID: 10912755 BACKGROUND

• Cooper RS, Guo X, Rotimi CN, Luke A, Ward R, Adeyemo A, Danilov SM. Heritability of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen: A comparison of US blacks and Nigerians. Hypertension. 2000 May;35(5):1141-7. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.35.5.1141.

  PMID: 10818078 BACKGROUND

• Colilla S, Rotimi C, Cooper R, Goldberg J, Cox N. Genetic inheritance of body mass index in African-American and African families. Genet Epidemiol. 2000 Apr;18(4):360-76. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(200004)18:43.0.CO;2-H.

  PMID: 10797595 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Charles Rotimi

  Howard University

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2000
• First Posted: May 26, 2000
• Study Start: August 1, 1995
• Study Completion: July 1, 2001
• Last Updated: February 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2004-07