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Associations of Endothelial System Genes With Blood Pressure Changes and Hypertension Incidence: The GenSalt Study.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jun 2015
Liu Fangchao, He Jiang, Gu Dongfeng, Rao Dabeeru C, Huang Jianfeng, Hixson James E, Jaquish Cashell E, Chen Jichun, Li Changwei, Yang Xueli, Li Jianxin, Rice Treva K, Shimmin Lawrence C, Kelly Tanika N
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BACKGROUND: We used single-marker and novel gene-based methods to examine the associations of endothelial system genes with blood pressure (BP) changes and hypertension in a longitudinal family study. METHODS: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity follow-up study was conducted among 1,768 Chinese participants from 633 families. Nine BP measurements were obtained at baseline and at 2 follow-up...
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