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Genetic Variants Associated With Systolic Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 7 Feb 2023
Pike Mindy M, Schildcrout Jonathan, Baldwin Scott, Edwards Todd, Lipworth Loren, Robinson-Cohen Cassianne
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Background Genetics, along with lifestyle and behavioral characteristics, play an important role in hypertension in adults. Our aim was to identify genetic variants associated with blood pressure in childhood and adolescence. Methods and Results We conducted a candidate single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis and genome-wide association study among 9778 participants aged <18 years in BioVU, the Vanderbilt...
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