Insights into the genetics of blood pressure in black South African individuals: the Birth to Twenty cohort

• Main Authors: Liesl M. Hendry (Author), Venesa Sahibdeen (Author), Ananyo Choudhury (Author), Shane A. Norris (Author), Michèle Ramsay (Author), Zané Lombard (Author), of the AWI-Gen study and as members of the H3Africa Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths globally, with hypertension being a major risk factor contributing to CVDs. Blood pressure is a heritable trait, with relatively few genetic studies having been performed in Africans. This stu...