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Common variants in or near FGF5, CYP17A1 and MTHFR genes are associated with blood pressure and hypertension in Chinese Hans
16 Sept 2010
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OBJECTIVES: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of variants influencing blood pressure. We aimed to examine whether these associations can be replicated in Chinese. METHODS: We genotyped eight of these variants (in or near FGF5, CYP17A1, MTHFR, ZNF652, PLCD3, ATP2B1, c10orf107) in a population-based cohort of Chinese Hans (N = 3210). Logistics regression and generalized linear analyses...
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