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Novel Genes Affecting Blood Pressure Detected Via Gene-Based Association Analysis.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 26 Mar 2015
Zhang Huan, Mo Xing-Bo, Xu Tan, Bu Xiao-Qing, Lei Shu-Feng, Zhang Yong-Hong
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a common disorder and one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to identify more novel genes for blood pressure. Based on the publically available SNP-based P values of a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies, we performed an initial gene-based association study in a total of 69,395 individuals. To find supplementary evidence to...
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