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Genetic analysis of over one million people identifies 535 novel loci for blood pressure

By Evangelos Evangelou, Helen R. Warren, David Mosen-Ansorena, Borbala Mifsud, Raha Pazoki, He Gao, Georgios Ntritsos, Niki Dimou, Claudia P. Cabrera, Ibrahim Karaman, Fu Liang Ng, Marina Evangelou, Katarzyna Witkowska, Evan Tzanis, Jacklyn N. Hellwege, Ayush Giri, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Yan V. Sun, Kelly Cho, J. Michael Gaziano, Peter W. F. Wilson, Philip S. Tsao, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Tonu Esko, Reedik Magi, Lili Milani, Peter Almgren, Thibaud Boutin, Stephanie Debette, Jun Ding, Franco Giulianini, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Anne U. Jackson, Ruifang Li-Gao, Wei-Yu Lin, Jian'an Luan, Massimo Mangino, Christopher Oldmeadow, Bram Prins, Yong Qian, Muralidharan Sargurupremraj, Nabi Shah, Praveen Surendran, Sebastien Theriault, Niek Verweij, Sara M. Willems, Jing-Hua Zhao, Philippe Amouyel, John Connell, Renee de Mutsert, Alex S. F. Doney, Martin Farrall, Cristina Menni, Andrew D. Morris, Raymond Noordam, Guillaume Pare, Neil R. Poulter, Denis C. Shields, Alice Stanton, Simon Thom, Goncalo Abecasis, Najaf Amin, Dan E. Arking, Kristin L. Ayers, Caterina M. Barbieri, Chiara Batini, Joshua C. Bis, Tineka Blake, Murielle Bochud, Michael Boehnke, Eric Boerwinkle, Dorret I. Boomsma, Erwin Bottinger, Peter S. Braund, Marco Brumat, Archie Campbell, Harry Campbell, Aravinda Chakravarti, John C. Chambers, Ganesh Chauhan, Marina Ciullo, Massimiliano Cocca, Francis Collins, Heather J. Cordell, Gail Davies, Martin H. de Borst, Eco de Geus, Ian Deary, Joris Deelen, Fabiola M. Del Greco, Cumhur Y. Demirkale, Marcus Dorr, Georg B. Ehret, Roberto Elosua, Stefan Enroth, A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Teresa Ferreira, Mattias Franberg, Oscar H. Franco, Ilaria Gandin, Paolo Gasparini, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Christian Gieger, Giorgia Girotto, Anuj Goel, Alan J. Gow, Vilmundur Gudnason, Xiuqing Guo, Ulf Gyllensten, Anders Hamsten, Tamara B. Harris, Sarah E. Harris, Catharina A. Hartman, Aki S. Havulinna, Andrew A. Hicks, Edith Hofer, Albert Hofman, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Jennifer E. Huffman, Shih-Jen Hwang, Erik Ingelsson, Alan James, Rick Jansen, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Roby Joehanes, Asa Johansson, Andrew D. Johnson, Peter Joshi, Pekka Jousilahti, J. Wouter Jukema, Antti M. Jula, Mika Kahonen, Sekar Kathiresan, Bernard D. Keavney, Kay-Tee Khaw, Paul Knekt, Joanne Knight, Ivana Kolcic, Jaspal S. Kooner, Seppo Koskinen, Kati Kristiansson, Zoltan Kutalik, Maris Laan, Marty Larson, Lenore J. Launer, Benjamin Lehne, Terho Lehtimaki, Daniel Levy, David C. M. Liewald, Li Lin, Lars Lind, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Yongmei Liu, Ruth J. F. Loos, Lorna M. Lopez, Lingchan Lu, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Anubha Mahajan, Chrysovalanto Mamasoula, Jaume Marrugat, Jonathan Marten, Yuri Milaneschi, Anna Morgan, Andrew P. Morris, Alanna C. Morrison, Mike A. Nalls, Priyanka Nandakumar, Christopher P. Nelson, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Teemu Niiranen, Ilja M. Nolte, Teresa Nutile, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Ben A. Oostra, Paul F. O'Reilly, Elin Org, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Walter Palmas, Arno Palotie, Alison Pattie, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Markus Perola, Peter J. Munson, Annette Peters, Ozren Polasek, Peter P. Pramstaller, Nguyen Quang Tri, Olli T. Raitakari, Meixia Ren, Rainer Rettig, Kenneth Rice, Paul M. Ridker, Janina S. Reid, Harriette Riese, Samuli Ripatti, Antonietta Robino, Lynda M. Rose, Jerome I. Rotter, Igor Rudan, Daniella Ruggiero, Yasaman Saba, Cinzia F. Sala, Veikko Salomaa, Nilesh J. Samani, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Rheinhold Schmidt, Helena Schmidt, Nick Shrine, David Siscovick, Albert V. Smith, Harold Schneider, Siim Sober, Rossella Sorice, John M. Starr, David J. Stott, David P. Strachan, Rona J. Strawbridge, Johan Sundstrom, Morris A. Swertz, Kent D. Taylor, Alexander Teumer, Martin D. Tobin, Daniela Toniolo, Michela Traglia, Stella Trompet, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Christophe Tzourio, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Ahmad Vaez, Peter J. van der Most, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Anne-Claire Vergnaud, Germaine C. Verwoert, Veronique Vitart, Uwe Volker, Peter Vollenweider, Dragana Vuckovic, Hugh Watkins, Sarah H. Wild, Gonneke Willemsen, James F. Wilson, Alan F. Wright, Jie Yao, Tatijana Zemunik, Weihua Zhang, John R. Attia, Adam S. Butterworth, Daniel I. Chasman, David Conen, Francesco Cucca, John Danesh, Caroline Hayward, Joanna M. M. Howson, Markku Laakso, Edward G. Lakatta, Claudia Langenberg, Ollie Melander, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Patricia B. Munroe, Colin N. A. Palmer, Lorenz Risch, Robert A. Scott, Rodney J. Scott, Peter Sever, Timothy D. Spector, Pim van der Harst, Nicholas J. Wareham, Eleftheria Zeggini, Morris J. Brown, Andres Metspalu, Adriana M. Hung, Christopher O'Donnell, Todd L. Edwards, Bruce M. Psaty, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Michael R. Barnes, Louise V. Wain, Paul Elliott and Mark J. Caulfield

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Published in
Nature Genetics
Volume
50
Pages
p. 1
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0205-x

Summary

High blood pressure is a highly heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure) to date in over 1 million people of European ancestry. We identify 535 novel blood pressure loci that not only offer new biological insights into blood pressure regulation but also highlight shared genetic architecture between blood pressure and lifestyle exposures. Our findings identify new biological pathways for blood pressure regulation with potential for improved cardiovascular disease prevention in the future.

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