Novel Loci Associated With PR Interval in a Genome-Wide Association Study of 10 African American Cohorts

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Authors

Anne M. Butler · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Xiaoyan Yin · Xiaomi (China)

Daniel S. Evans

Michael A. Nalls

Erin N. Smith · Smith Family

Toshiko Tanaka

Li Guo · State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs

Sarah G. Buxbaum · Baum Consult

Abstract

This study demonstrates the ability to map novel loci in African Americans as well as the generalizability of loci associated with PR across populations of African, European, and Asian descent.

Topics & Keywords

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Congenital heart defects research Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics

Volume 5, Issue 6, pp. 639-646

DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.112.963991

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