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Hypertension Susceptibility Loci and Blood Pressure Response to Antihypertensives
Author(s) -
Yan Gong,
Caitrin W. McDonough,
Zhiying Wang,
Wei Hou,
Rhonda M. CooperDeHoff,
Taimour Langaee,
Amber L. Beitelshees,
Arlene B. Chapman,
John G. Gums,
Kent R. Bailey,
Eric Boerwinkle,
Stephen T. Turner,
Julie A. Johnson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1942-325X
pISSN - 1942-3268
DOI - 10.1161/circgenetics.112.964080
Subject(s) - hydrochlorothiazide , atenolol , single nucleotide polymorphism , blood pressure , medicine , genome wide association study , diastole , endocrinology , genotype , genetics , biology , gene
To date, 39 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with blood pressure (BP) or hypertension in genome-wide association studies in whites. Our hypothesis is that the loci/SNPs associated with BP/hypertension are also associated with BP response to antihypertensive drugs.

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