| Literature DB >> 12559684 |
Bonnie A Thiel1, Aravinda Chakravarti, Richard S Cooper, Amy Luke, Sue Lewis, Audrey Lynn, Hemant Tiwari, Nicholas J Schork, Alan B Weder.
Abstract
Evidence for genomic regions influencing systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) were assessed in a whole genome linkage analysis in 211 African American and 160 white families as part of the GenNet network of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-sponsored Family Blood Pressure Program. Multipoint regression and variance components linkage methods were used to analyze 372 polymorphic markers. Statistically compelling evidence for linkage (P values .0057 and .00023, respectively) was found on chromosome 1. Our results support the idea that BP regulation is most likely governed by multiple genetic loci, each with a relatively weak effect on BP in the population at large. Copyright 2003 American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12559684 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(02)03246-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hypertens ISSN: 0895-7061 Impact factor: 2.689