Association of Apolipoprotein L-1 polymorphisms with blood pressure in three multi-ethnic African studies

• Main Authors: Shuchi Anand (Author), Safa Abdalla (Author), Gladwell Gathecha (Author), Olulola O Oladapo (Author), Kibachio Joseph (Author), Maria E Montez-Rath (Author), Marcella Aslan (Author), Michele Barry (Author), Glenn M Chertow (Author), Charles Rotimi (Author), David J Friedman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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# Background Genetic variants in the Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene greatly increase risk for chronic kidney disease in African Americans. We hypothesized that the APOL1 renal risk alleles would be associated with higher blood pressure in Africans. # Methods We used data from three multi-ethnic, pop...