Heritability and genome-wide association study of blood pressure in Chinese adult twins.

Jiahao ChenWeijing WangZhaoying LiChunsheng XuXiaocao TianDongfeng Zhang

Published in: Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (2021)

Our study suggests that BP is moderately heritable in the Chinese population and could be mediated by a series of genomic loci, genes, and pathways. Future larger-scale studies are needed to confirm our findings.

Keyphrases

genome wide association study
blood pressure
genome wide
current status
heart rate
copy number
hypertensive patients
gene expression
adipose tissue
young adults
metabolic syndrome
transcription factor
childhood cancer