New Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 Individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genome-wide association studies have recently identified >400 loci that harbor DNA sequence variants that influence blood pressure (BP). Our earlier studies identified and validated 56 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) associated with BP from meta-analyses of exome chip genotype data. An additional 100 variants yielded suggestive evidence of association.

Methods and results

Here, we augment the sample with 140 886 European individuals from the UK Biobank, in whom 77 of the 100 suggestive SNVs were available for association analysis with systolic BP or diastolic BP or pulse pressure. We performed 2 meta-analyses, one in individuals of European, South Asian, African, and Hispanic descent (pan-ancestry, ≈475 000), and the other in the subset of individuals of Europea

SUBMITTER: Kraja AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5776077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature