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Suggestive linkage detected for blood pressure related traits on 2q and 22q in the population on the Samoan islands.
BMC medical genetics - 23 Oct 2009
Aberg Karolina, Dai Feng, Viali Satupaitea, Tuitele John, Sun Guangyun, Indugula Subba R, Deka Ranjan, Weeks Daniel E, McGarvey Stephen T
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BACKGROUND: High blood pressure or hypertension is a major risk factor involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases. We conducted genome-wide variance component linkage analyses to search for loci influencing five blood pressure related traits including the quantitative traits systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and pulse pressure (PP), the dichotomous trait hypertension (HT)...
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