Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women

Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women

Studies to identify maternal variants associated with preeclampsia have been limited by sample size. Here, the authors meta-analyze eight GWAS of 9,515 preeclamptic women, identifying five variants associated with preeclampsia and showing that genetic predisposition to hypertension is a major risk f...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Ralph McGinnis, Nicholas O. Williams, Lilja Stefansdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Scott Shooter, João Fadista, Jon K. Sigurdsson, Kirsi M. Auro, Galina Berezina, Maria-Carolina Borges, Suzannah Bumpstead, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Irina Colgiu, Vivien A. Dolby, Frank Dudbridge, Stephanie M. Engel, Christopher S. Franklin, Michael L. Frigge, Yr Frisbaek, Reynir T. Geirsson, Frank Geller, Solveig Gretarsdottir, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Quaker Harmon, David Michael Hougaard, Tatyana Hegay, Anna Helgadottir, Sigrun Hjartardottir, Tiina Jääskeläinen, Hrefna Johannsdottir, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Thorhildur Juliusdottir, Noor Kalsheker, Abdumadjit Kasimov, John P. Kemp, Katja Kivinen, Kari Klungsøyr, Wai K. Lee, Mads Melbye, Zosia Miedzybrodska, Ashley Moffett, Dilbar Najmutdinova, Firuza Nishanova, Thorunn Olafsdottir, Markus Perola, Fiona Broughton Pipkin, Lucilla Poston, Gordon Prescott, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Damilya Salimbayeva, Paula Juliet Scaife, Line Skotte, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Olafur A. Stefansson, Karina Meden Sørensen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, Vinicius Tragante, Lill Trogstad, Nigel A. B. Simpson, FINNPEC Consortium, GOPEC Consortium, Tamara Aripova, Juan P. Casas, Anna F. Dominiczak, James J. Walker, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Ann-Charlotte Iversen, Bjarke Feenstra, Deborah A. Lawlor, Heather Allison Boyd, Per Magnus, Hannele Laivuori, Nodira Zakhidova, Gulnara Svyatova, Kari Stefansson, Linda Morgan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
Science
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/54b589a97a1246bc8db4f581846322e3
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Internet

https://doaj.org/article/54b589a97a1246bc8db4f581846322e3

Similar Items