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Two major QTLs and several others relate to factors of metabolic syndrome in the family blood pressure program.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Oct 2005
Kraja Aldi T, Rao Dabeeru C, Weder Alan B, Cooper Richard, Curb J David, Hanis Craig L, Turner Stephen T, de Andrade Mariza, Hsiung Chao Agnes, Quertermous Thomas, Zhu Xiaofeng, Province Michael A
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Genome-wide variance components linkage analysis was performed on 4 latent factors underlying metabolic syndrome derived from 10 risk factors. The latent factors represent obesity and insulin, blood pressure, lipids and insulin, and central obesity. The metabolic syndrome factor scores were derived in 4 ethnic groups recruited in 3 Networks of the Family Blood Pressure Program: GENOA (blacks, Hispanics, and...
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