Common genetic variations in the vitamin D pathway in relation to blood pressure

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1387-1395

  Wang, Lu ^a   Chu, Audrey ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a,b   Ridker, Paul M ^a   Chasman, Daniel I ^a   Sesso, Howard D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Genetics; Hypertension; Pathway; Vitamin D; White population

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYP24A1 GENE; DHCR7 GENE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NCOA3 GENE; NCOR2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PULSE PRESSURE; RBFOX1 GENE; RXRA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TYRP1 GENE; VDR GENE; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; AGED; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84911433255     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu049     Document Type: Article

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