Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Average Blood Pressure in East Asians [Original Article]

Conclusions—
We identified 1 novel variant and 1 novel gene and present the first direct evidence of relevance of the KCNK3 locus for LTA BP among East Asians.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - March 27, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Li, C., Kim, Y. K., Dorajoo, R., Li, H., Lee, I.-T., Cheng, C.-Y., He, M., Sheu, W. H.-h., Guo, X., Ganesh, S. K., He, J., Lee, J., Liu, J., Hu, Y., Rao, D. C., Tsai, F.-J., Koh, J. Y., Hu, H., Liang, K.-W., Palmas, W., Hixson, J. E., Han, S., Teo, Y.-Y., Tags: Genetic, Association Studies, High Blood Pressure Original Article Source Type: research