Open AccessGenome-wide Linkage Analysis of Pulse Pressure in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study
Author(s) -
Nora Franceschini,
Jean W. MacCluer,
Kathreen M. Rose,
Sue Rutherford,
Shelley A. Cole,
Sandy Laston,
Harald H.H. Göring,
Vincent P. Diego,
Mary J. Roman,
Elisa T. Lee,
Lyle G. Best,
Barbara V. Howard,
Richard R. Fabsitz,
Kari E. North
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.34
Subject(s) - pulse pressure , blood pressure , medicine , quantitative trait locus , population , arterial stiffness , genetic linkage , locus (genetics) , genetics , cardiology , biology , gene , environmental health
Pulse pressure, a measure of central arterial stiffness and a predictor of cardiovascular mortality, has known genetic components.
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