- Abstract:
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Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European d...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published online
- Journal:
- Nature
- Volume:
- 478
- Issue:
- 7367
- Pages:
- 103-109
- Publication date:
- 2011-10-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
- URN:
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uuid:b3d283be-2dd9-47af-a764-2fc76ceae41c
- Source identifiers:
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175210
- Local pid:
- pubs:175210
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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