Blood Pressure Polygenic Scores Are Associated With Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

Circ Genom Precis Med. 2022 Jun;15(3):e003554. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.121.003554. Epub 2022 May 6.

Authors

Joseph H Breeyear¹, Megan M Shuey^{1

2}, Todd L Edwards^{1

3}, Jacklyn N Hellwege^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (J.H.B., M.M.S., T.L.E., J.N.H.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
² Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine (M.M.S., J.N.H.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
³ Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine (T.L.E.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

No abstract available

Keywords: blood pressure; comorbidity; ethnicity; heart diseases; hypertension.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Blood Pressure / genetics
Humans
Hypertension* / drug therapy
Hypertension* / genetics
Multifactorial Inheritance / genetics

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents

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