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Clinical Evaluation of the Polygenetic Background of Blood Pressure in the Population-Based Setting.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jan 2021
Giontella Alice, Sjögren Marketa, Lotta Luca A, Overton John D, Baras Aris, Minuz Pietro, Fava Cristiano, Melander Olle
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The clinical value of the polygenetic component of blood pressure (BP) is commonly questioned. We evaluated a genetic risk score for BP (BP-GRS858), based on the most recently published genome-wide association studies variants that were significantly associated with either systolic BP or diastolic BP, for prediction of hypertension and cardiovascular end points. The genotyping was performed in 2 urban-based...
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