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Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure
- Newton-Cheh, Christopher;
- Johnson, Toby;
- Gateva, Vesela;
- Tobin, Martin D;
- Bochud, Murielle;
- Coin, Lachlan;
- Najjar, Samer S;
- Zhao, Jing Hua;
- Heath, Simon C;
- Eyheramendy, Susana;
- Papadakis, Konstantinos;
- Voight, Benjamin F;
- Scott, Laura J;
- Zhang, Feng;
- Farrall, Martin;
- Tanaka, Toshiko;
- Wallace, Chris;
- Chambers, John C;
- Khaw, Kay-Tee;
- Nilsson, Peter;
- van der Harst, Pim;
- Polidoro, Silvia;
- Grobbee, Diederick E;
- Onland-Moret, N Charlotte;
- Bots, Michiel L;
- Wain, Louise V;
- Elliott, Katherine S;
- Teumer, Alexander;
- Luan, Jian'an;
- Lucas, Gavin;
- Kuusisto, Johanna;
- Burton, Paul R;
- Hadley, David;
- McArdle, Wendy L;
- Brown, Morris;
- Dominiczak, Anna;
- Newhouse, Stephen J;
- Samani, Nilesh J;
- Webster, John;
- Zeggini, Eleftheria;
- Beckmann, Jacques S;
- Bergmann, Sven;
- Lim, Noha;
- Song, Kijoung;
- Vollenweider, Peter;
- Waeber, Gerard;
- Waterworth, Dawn M;
- Yuan, Xin;
- Groop, Leif;
- Orho-Melander, Marju;
- Allione, Alessandra;
- Di Gregorio, Alessandra;
- Guarrera, Simonetta;
- Panico, Salvatore;
- Ricceri, Fulvio;
- Romanazzi, Valeria;
- Sacerdote, Carlotta;
- Vineis, Paolo;
- Barroso, Inês;
- Sandhu, Manjinder S;
- Luben, Robert N;
- Crawford, Gabriel J;
- Jousilahti, Pekka;
- Perola, Markus;
- Boehnke, Michael;
- Bonnycastle, Lori L;
- Collins, Francis S;
- Jackson, Anne U;
- Mohlke, Karen L;
- Stringham, Heather M;
- Valle, Timo T;
- Willer, Cristen J;
- Bergman, Richard N;
- Morken, Mario A;
- Döring, Angela;
- Gieger, Christian;
- Illig, Thomas;
- Meitinger, Thomas;
- Org, Elin;
- Pfeufer, Arne;
- Wichmann, H Erich;
- Kathiresan, Sekar;
- Marrugat, Jaume;
- O'Donnell, Christopher J;
- Schwartz, Stephen M;
- Siscovick, David S;
- Subirana, Isaac;
- Freimer, Nelson B;
- Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa;
- McCarthy, Mark I;
- O'Reilly, Paul F;
- Peltonen, Leena;
- Pouta, Anneli;
- de Jong, Paul E;
- Snieder, Harold;
- van Gilst, Wiek H;
- Clarke, Robert;
- Goel, Anuj;
- Hamsten, Anders;
- Peden, John F;
- Seedorf, Udo;
- Syvänen, Ann-Christine;
- Tognoni, Giovanni;
- Lakatta, Edward G;
- Sanna, Serena;
- Scheet, Paul;
- Schlessinger, David;
- Scuteri, Angelo;
- Dörr, Marcus;
- Ernst, Florian;
- Felix, Stephan B;
- Homuth, Georg;
- Lorbeer, Roberto;
- Reffelmann, Thorsten;
- Rettig, Rainer;
- Völker, Uwe;
- Galan, Pilar;
- Gut, Ivo G;
- Hercberg, Serge;
- Lathrop, G Mark;
- Zelenika, Diana;
- Deloukas, Panos;
- Soranzo, Nicole;
- Williams, Frances M;
- Zhai, Guangju;
- Salomaa, Veikko;
- Laakso, Markku;
- Elosua, Roberto;
- Forouhi, Nita G;
- Völzke, Henry;
- Uiterwaal, Cuno S;
- van der Schouw, Yvonne T;
- Numans, Mattijs E;
- Matullo, Giuseppe;
- Navis, Gerjan;
- Berglund, Göran;
- Bingham, Sheila A;
- Kooner, Jaspal S;
- Connell, John M;
- Bandinelli, Stefania;
- Ferrucci, Luigi;
- Watkins, Hugh;
- Spector, Tim D;
- Tuomilehto, Jaakko;
- Altshuler, David;
- Strachan, David P;
- Laan, Maris;
- Meneton, Pierre;
- Wareham, Nicholas J;
- Uda, Manuela;
- Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta;
- Mooser, Vincent;
- Melander, Olle;
- Loos, Ruth JF;
- Elliott, Paul;
- Abecasis, Gonçalo R;
- Caulfield, Mark;
- Munroe, Patricia B
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https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.361Abstract
Christopher Newton-Cheh and colleagues report a genome-wide association study for blood pressure traits as part of the Global BPgen consortium. They report eight loci with replicated association to systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure, with each also showing association to hypertension.
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