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. 2016 Feb 25;31(1):37–42. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2016.9

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Likelihood of a family history of hypertension expressed as odds is different between hypertensive patients (in green) and non-hypertensive patients used as controls (in red). The relative risk expressed as the OR indicates that familiarity increases the risk of developing hypertension by 2.91 (95% CI=2.67–3.17, P<0.001) times.