Bivariate genome-wide association study (GWAS) of body mass index and blood pressure phenotypes in northern Chinese twins.

Recently, new loci related to body mass index (BMI) or blood pressure (BP) have been identified respectively in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, limited studies focused on jointly associated genetic variance between systolic pressure (SBP), diastolic pressure (DBP) and BMI. Therefore...

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Main Authors: Zhaoying Li, Weijing Wang, Xiaocao Tian, Haiping Duan, Chunsheng Xu, Dongfeng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246436