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Association of a Chromosome Locus 9p21.3 CDKN2B-AS1 Variant rs4977574 with Hypertension: The TAMRISK Study.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2018
Kunnas Tarja, Piesanen Jaakko, Nikkari Seppo T
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Chromosome locus 9p21.3 CDKN2B antisense RNA 1 (CDKN2B-AS1) has been found to contain multiple genetic markers for coronary artery disease (CAD) by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Of these, the association of variants rs4977574, rs10757274, and rs2383206 with hypertension was studied in the Tampere adult population cardiovascular risk study (TAMRISK). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A Finnish cohort of 336...
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