Replication of the Wellcome Trust genome-wide association study on essential hypertension in a Korean population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 570-574

  Hong, Kyung Won ^a   Jin, Hyun Seok ^a   Cho, Yoon Shin ^b   Lee, Jong Young ^b   Lee, Jong Eun ^c   Cho, Nam H ^d   Shin, Chol ^e   Lee, Sang Ho ^f   Park, Hun Kuk ^a   Oh, Bermseok ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c DNA Link Inc   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPLICATION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH KOREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650520178     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.68     Document Type: Article

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