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SUBMITTER: Liang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8032032 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Jun J Qiu Qinqin Q Gong Ying Y Liu Xuekui X Dou Lianjun L Zou Caiyan C Wang Yu Y Qi Lu L
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20150226 5
The authors examined whether the adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) variant was associated with blood pressure and arterial stiffness in Chinese adults. A genome-wide association study of the adiponectin variant rs864265 in the ADIPOQ gene was genotyped in a total of 2364 participants. After adjustment for sex, age, body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose, and lipids, participants carrying the T allele of rs864265 showed a greater increase in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and systolic blood ...[more]