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Blood pressure and hypertension are associated with 7 loci in the Japanese population.
Circulation - 1 Jun 2010
Takeuchi Fumihiko, Isono Masato, Katsuya Tomohiro, Yamamoto Ken, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Sugiyama Takao, Nabika Toru, Fujioka Akihiro, Ohnaka Keizo, Asano Hiroyuki, Yamori Yukio, Yamaguchi Shuhei, Kobayashi Shotai, Takayanagi Ryoichi, Ogihara Toshio, Kato Norihiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Two consortium-based genome-wide association studies have recently identified robust and significant associations of common variants with systolic and diastolic blood pressures in populations of European descent, warranting further investigation in populations of non-European descent. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined the associations at 27 loci reported by the genome-wide association studies on...
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