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Male-specific genetic effect on hypertension and metabolic disorders.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2014
Heo Seong Gu, Hwang Joo-Yeon, Uhmn Saangyong, Go Min Jin, Oh Burmseok, Lee Jong-Young, Park Ji Wan
Abstract excerpt
Genetic risk factors for hypertension may have age or gender specificity and pleiotropic effects. This study aims to measure the risk of genetic and non-genetic factors in the occurrence of hypertension and related diseases, with consideration of potential confounding factors and age-gender stratification. A discovery set of 352,228 genotyped plus 1.8 million imputed single-nucleotide polymorphisms were analyzed...
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