Genome-wide Survey of Copy Number Variants Associated with Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index in a Korean Population

• Published in: Genomics & informatics Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 152 - 160
• Main Authors: Moon, Sang-Hoon, Kim, Young-Jin, Kim, Yun-Kyoung, Kim, Dong-Joon, Lee, Ji-Young, Go, Min-Jin, Shin, Young-Ah, Hong, Chang-Bum, Kim, Bong-Jo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국유전체학회 31.12.2011
• Subjects: 자연과학일반

Hypertension is the major factor of most death and high blood pressure (BP) can lead to stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiac failure. Moreover, hypertension is strongly correlated with body mass index (BMI). Although the exact causes of hypertension are still unclear,some of genetic loci were d...