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Heterogeneous effects of association between blood pressure loci and coronary artery disease in east Asian individuals.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2015
Takeuchi Fumihiko, Isono Masato, Yamamoto Ken, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Akiyama Koichi, Katsuya Tomohiro, Kim Hyo-Soo, Park Jeong Euy, Jang Yangsoo, Lee Ji-Young, Lee Jong-Young, Kato Norihiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A coronary artery disease (CAD) association study of genetic loci previously identified as being associated with blood pressure (BP) was performed in east Asian populations. METHODS AND RESULTS: Nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 9 candidate loci robustly confirmed to be associated with BP in east Asian people, were genotyped. Genotyping was done in up to 17,785 CAD case-control samples...
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