‘Blood pressure gene’ affects 20%
One in five white people carries a gene fault which could raise their risk of high blood pressure, research suggests.
The STK39 gene variant was found after scanning the entire genetic code of hundreds of people in the US and Europe.
Those with the variant had raised blood pressure compared with those carrying other versions.
The US research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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on Dec 30th, 2008 and is filed under General Health.
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