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Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Traits by Hispanic/Latino Background: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Scientific reports - 4 Sept 2017
Sofer Tamar, Wong Quenna, Hartwig Fernando P, Taylor Kent, Warren Helen R, Evangelou Evangelos, Cabrera Claudia P, Levy Daniel, Kramer Holly, Lange Leslie A, Horta Bernardo L, Kerr Kathleen F, Reiner Alex P, Franceschini Nora
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension prevalence varies between ethnic groups, possibly due to differences in genetic, environmental, and cultural determinants. Hispanic/Latino Americans are a diverse and understudied population. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of blood pressure (BP) traits in 12,278 participants from the Hispanics Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). In the discovery phase we...
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