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A Pooled Blood Genome-Wide Association Study of Hypertension in Sindhi Families: Results from the DISFIN Study.
Genes - 22 Mar 2026
Kanaskar Samika, Patel Ashwini A, Jaisinghani Manisha T, Pipal Kanchan V, Kanaskar Mangesh, Mamtani Manju, Kulkarni Hemant
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BACKGROUND: Hypertension is an important target for primordial prevention of complex, noncommunicable diseases, and its prevalence remains high across populations. The urban population in India is at a high risk of hypertension, but the genetic basis of hypertension in this population remains poorly understood. METHODS: We conducted a pooled whole-blood genome-wide association study of 28 pools representing 1402...
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