Genome-Wide Analysis of Blood Pressure Variability and Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
We identified a cluster of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the NLGN1 locus showing significant association with BP variability. Follow-up analyses did not support an association with risk of ischemic stroke and its subtypes.

Source: Stroke - September 23, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Yadav, S., Cotlarciuc, I., Munroe, P. B., Khan, M. S., Nalls, M. A., Bevan, S., Cheng, Y.-C., Chen, W.-M., Malik, R., McCarthy, N. S., Holliday, E. G., Speed, D., Hasan, N., Pucek, M., Rinne, P. E., Sever, P., Stanton, A., Shields, D. C., Maguire, J. M., Tags: Other hypertension, Genetics of Stroke, Risk Factors for Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research