@article{dcbe3c08fd034ce282b92d6ae673134c,
title = "Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure",
abstract = "Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10 -8 to P = 2.3 × 10 -13) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.",
author = "{LifeLines Cohort Study} and {EchoGen consortium} and {AortaGen Consortium} and {CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group} and {KidneyGen Consortium} and {CKDGen consortium; Cardiogenics consortium; CardioGram} and Wain, {L. V.} and Verwoert, {G. C.} and O'reilly, {P. F.} and G. Shi and T. Johnson and Johnson, {A. D.} and M. Bochud and Rice, {K. M.} and P. Henneman and Smith, {A. V.} and Ehret, {G. B.} and N. Amin and Larson, {M. G.} and V. Mooser and D. Hadley and M. D{\"o}rr and Bis, {J. C.} and T. Aspelund and T. Esko and Janssens, {A. C.} and Zhao, {J. H.} and S. Heath and M. Laan and J. Fu and G. Pistis and J. Luan and P. Arora and G. Lucas and N. Pirastu and I. Pichler and Jackson, {A. U.} and Webster, {R. J.} and F. Zhang and Peden, {J. F.} and H. Schmidt and T. Tanaka and H. Campbell and W. Igl and Y. Milaneschi and Hottenga, {J. J.} and V. Vitart and Chasman, {D. I.} and S. Trompet and Bragg-Gresham, {J. L.} and Alizadeh, {B. Z.} and Chambers, {J. C.} and X. Guo and T. Lehtim{\"a}ki and Rodeheffer, {R. J.} and Redfield, {M. M.}",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/ng.922",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "43",
pages = "1005--1012",
journal = "Nature Genetics",
issn = "1061-4036",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "10",
}