GWASs Produce Promising Data in Hypertension

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  • Figure 1.

    Manhattan Plots of the Effect of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism on Blood Pressure

    DBP=diastolic blood pressure; SBP=systolic blood pressure.Reproduced from Ehret GB et al. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature. 2011;478(7367):103–109. With permission from the Nature Publishing Group.
  • Figure 2.

    GWAS-Derived Blood Pressure Risk Score Predicts Incident Cardiovascular Disease

    CVD=cardiovascular disease; DBP=diastolic blood pressure; GRS=genetic risk score; GWAS=genome-wide association study; SBP=systolic blood pressure.Reproduced from Havulinna AS et al. A blood pressure genetic risk score is a significant predictor of incident cardiovascular events in 32 669 individuals. Hypertension. 2013;61(5):987–994. With permission from Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
  • The editors would like to thank the many members of the 2014 European Society of Hypertension, the Hellenic Society of Hypertension, and the International Society of Hypertension presenting faculty who generously gave their time to ensure the accuracy and quality of the articles in this publication.