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Genetic polymorphism of human Y chromosome and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: a study in WOBASZ cohort.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Kostrzewa Grażyna, Broda Grażyna, Konarzewska Magdalena, Krajewki Paweł, Płoski Rafał
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants of Y chromosome predispose to hypertension in rodents, whereas in humans the evidence is conflicting. Our purpose was to study the distribution of a panel of Y chromosome markers in a cohort from a cross-sectional population-based study on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Poland (WOBASZ study). The HindIII, YAP Y chromosome variants, previously shown to influence blood pressure,...
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