A genome-wide association study of the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in healthy Koreans

EnShi Xu, Jinho Shin*, Ji Eun Lim, Mi Kyung Kim, Bo Youl Choi, Min-Ho Shin, Dong Hoon Shin, Young-Hoon Lee, Byung-Yeol Chun, Kyung-Won Hong, and Joo-Yeon Hwang Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Institute for Health and Society, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine & Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Health Promotion Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Osong Health Technology Administration complex, Cheongju, Korea Original Article