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Evidence for a gene influencing heart rate on chromosome 4 among hypertensives.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2002
Wilk Jemma B, Myers Richard H, Zhang Yuqing, Lewis Cora E, Atwood Larry, Hopkins Paul N, Ellison R Curtis
Abstract excerpt
While mechanisms are poorly understood, resting heart rate has been shown to be a strong predictor of the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality. We performed a genome scan for quantitative trait loci influencing the resting heart rate among 962 Caucasians and 1,124 Afric...
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