TY - JOUR AU - Levy, Daniel AU - Larson, Martin G. AU - Benjamin, Emelia J. AU - Newton-Cheh, Christopher AU - Wang, Thomas J. AU - Hwang, Shih-Jen AU - Vasan, Ramachandran S. AU - Mitchell, Gary F. PY - 2007 DA - 2007/09/19 TI - Framingham Heart Study 100K Project: genome-wide associations for blood pressure and arterial stiffness JO - BMC Medical Genetics SP - S3 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - About one quarter of adults are hypertensive and high blood pressure carries increased risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and death. Increased arterial stiffness is a key factor in the pathogenesis of systolic hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Substantial heritability of blood-pressure (BP) and arterial-stiffness suggests important genetic contributions. SN - 1471-2350 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-8-S1-S3 DO - 10.1186/1471-2350-8-S1-S3 ID - Levy2007 ER -