Non-replication study of a genome-wide association study for hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans

• Main Authors: Kidambi Srividya (Author), Ghosh Soumitra (Author), Kotchen Jane M (Author), Grim Clarence E (Author), Krishnaswami Shanthi (Author), Kaldunski Mary L (Author), Cowley Allen W (Author), Patel Shailendra B (Author), Kotchen Theodore A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A recent genome wide association study in 1017 African Americans identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms that reached genome-wide significance for systolic blood pressure. We attempted to replicate these findings in an ind...