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Effects of established blood pressure loci on blood pressure values and hypertension risk in an Algerian population sample.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 May 2015
Lardjam-Hetraf S A, Mediene-Benchekor S, Ouhaibi-Djellouli H, Meroufel D N, Boulenouar H, Hermant X, Hamani-Medjaoui I, Saidi-Mehtar N, Amouyel P, Houti L, Goumidi L, Meirhaeghe A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies and subsequent replication studies have pinpointed 29 genetic variants associated with blood pressure (BP). None of these studies included North African populations. We therefore looked at whether or not these genetic variants modulated BP and hypertension (HTN) risk in an Algerian population sample. Twenty-nine single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in a...
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