Journal article
Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk
Abstract
Mark Caulfield, Paul Elliott and colleagues use data from the UK Biobank to perform genome-wide association analysis for blood pressure traits. They identify and validate 107 novel loci and highlight new biological pathways for potential therapeutic intervention for hypertension.
Authors
Warren HR; Evangelou E; Cabrera CP; Gao H; Ren M; Mifsud B; Ntalla I; Surendran P; Liu C; Cook JP
Journal
Nature Genetics, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 403–415
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2017
DOI
10.1038/ng.3768
ISSN
1061-4036