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SUBMITTER: Linneberg A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684098 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Linneberg Allan A Jacobsen Rikke K RK Skaaby Tea T Taylor Amy E AE Fluharty Meg E ME Jeppesen Jørgen L JL Bjorngaard Johan H JH Åsvold Bjørn O BO Gabrielsen Maiken E ME Campbell Archie A Marioni Riccardo E RE Kumari Meena M Marques-Vidal Pedro P Kaakinen Marika M Cavadino Alana A Postmus Iris I Ahluwalia Tarunveer S TS Wannamethee S Goya SG Lahti Jari J Räikkönen Katri K Palotie Aarno A Wong Andrew A Dalgård Christine C Ford Ian I Ben-Shlomo Yoav Y Christiansen Lene L Kyvik Kirsten O KO Kuh Diana D Eriksson Johan G JG Whincup Peter H PH Mbarek Hamdi H de Geus Eco J C EJ Vink Jacqueline M JM Boomsma Dorret I DI Smith George Davey GD Lawlor Debbie A DA Kisialiou Aliaksei A McConnachie Alex A Padmanabhan Sandosh S Jukema J Wouter JW Power Chris C Hyppönen Elina E Preisig Martin M Waeber Gerard G Vollenweider Peter P Korhonen Tellervo T Laatikainen Tiina T Salomaa Veikko V Kaprio Jaakko J Kivimaki Mika M Smith Blair H BH Hayward Caroline C Sørensen Thorkild I A TI Thuesen Betina H BH Sattar Naveed N Morris Richard W RW Romundstad Pål R PR Munafò Marcus R MR Jarvelin Marjo-Riitta MR Husemoen Lise Lotte N LL
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 20151104 6
<h4>Background</h4>Smoking is an important cardiovascular disease risk factor, but the mechanisms linking smoking to blood pressure are poorly understood.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Data on 141 317 participants (62 666 never, 40 669 former, 37 982 current smokers) from 23 population-based studies were included in observational and Mendelian randomization meta-analyses of the associations of smoking status and smoking heaviness with systolic and diastolic blood pressure, hypertension, and resting ...[more]