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Autosomal genome scan for loci linked to blood pressure levels and trends since childhood: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 May 2005
Chen Wei, Li Shengxu, Srinivasan Sathanur R, Boerwinkle Eric, Berenson Gerald S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic loci influencing the long-term levels and trends of blood pressure over time were investigated using 775 white siblings, ages 13 to 43 years, enrolled in the Bogalusa Heart Study, and 357 microsatellite markers on the 22 autosomal chromosomes. Subjects had been examined serially 2 to 12 times with 4365 serial observations over an average of 22 years from childhood to adulthood. Total and incremental area...
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