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Genome-wide association study for white coat effect in Japanese middle-aged to elderly people: The HOMED-BP study.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Jan 2018
Ogata Soshiro, Kamide Kei, Asayama Kei, Tabara Yasuharu, Kawaguchi Takahisa, Satoh Michihiro, Katsuya Tomohiro, Sugimoto Ken, Hirose Takuo, Inoue Ryusuke, Hara Azusa, Obara Taku, Kikuya Masahiro, Metoki Hirohito, Matsuda Fumihiko, Staessen Jan A, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Rakugi Hiromi, Imai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: White coat effect (WCE), the blood pressure (BP) difference between clinical and non-clinical settings, can lead to clinical problems such as misdiagnosis of hypertension. Etiology of WCE has been still unclear, especially from genetic aspects. The present article investigated association between genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and WCE in patients with essential hypertension....
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