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Sex-specific association of rs4746172 of VCL gene with hypertension in two Han populations from Southern China.
Scientific reports - 21 Oct 2015
Yu Qin, Sun Hong-Peng, Chen Wan-Qun, Chen Xiao-Qiong, Xu Yong, He Yong-Han, Kong Qing-Peng
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is the most common and lethal risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Numerous variants have been associated with hypertension, however, most of which failed to get replication due to ethnic differences. In this study, we analyzed associations of 10 newly reported single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Europeans with hypertension in Chinese. A total of 1766 samples consisting of 880 subjects...
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