Heterogeneity of genetic control of blood pressure in ethnically different populations.

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We review the literature on statistical genetic analyses of blood pressure in samples from various ethnic backgrounds using different statistical methods and packages. We then provide the results of a complex segregation analysis performed on familial data on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in 2 ethnically different populations, Chuvashans and Turkmenians. Two types of major gene models were tested in the...

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