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The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and coronary artery calcification is dependent on single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21.3.
BMC medical genetics - 4 Sept 2014
Kim Daniel S, Smith Jennifer A, Bielak Lawrence F, Wu Chun-Yi, Sun Yan V, Sheedy Patrick F, Turner Stephen T, Peyser Patricia A, Kardia Sharon L R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the 9p21.3 genomic region have been consistently associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction, and quantity of coronary artery calcification (CAC), a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. Prior studies have establis...
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