Alpha globin gene copy number and hypertension risk among Black Americans.

A Parker RuhlNeal JeffriesYu YangOrlando M GutierrezPaul MuntnerRakhi P NaikLydia H PeckerBryan T MottNeil A ZakaiMonika M SaffordLeslie A LangeCheryl A WinklerMarguerite R IrvinMary CushmanHans C Ackerman

Published in: PloS one (2022)

There were no associations between increased HBA copy number and risk of hypertension. These findings suggest that variation in alpha globin gene copy number does not modify the risk of hypertension among Black American adults.

Keyphrases

copy number
mitochondrial dna
blood pressure
genome wide
dna methylation
gene expression