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Type: Journal article
Title: Genetic influences on trajectories of systolic blood pressure across childhood and adolescence
Author: Howe, L.
Parmar, P.
Paternoster, L.
Warrington, N.
Kemp, J.
Briollais, L.
Newnham, J.
Timpson, N.
Smith, G.
Ring, S.
Evans, D.
Tilling, K.
Pennell, C.
Beilin, L.
Palmer, L.
Lawlor, D.
Citation: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 2013; 6(6):608-614
Publisher: American Heart Association
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 1942-325X
1942-3268
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Laura D. Howe, Priyakumari G. Parmar, Lavinia Paternoster, Nicole M. Warrington, John P. Kemp, Laurent Briollais, John P. Newnham, Nicholas J. Timpson, George Davey Smith, Susan M. Ring, David M. Evans, Kate Tilling, Craig E. Pennell, Lawrie J. Beilin, Lyle J. Palmer and Debbie A. Lawlor
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) tends to increase across childhood and adolescence, but the genetic influences on rates of BP change are not known. Potentially important genetic influences could include genetic variants identified in genome-wide association studies of adults as being associated with BP, height, and body mass index. Understanding the contribution of these genetic variants to changes in BP across childhood and adolescence could yield understanding into the life course development of cardiovascular risk. METHODS AND RESULTS: Pooling data from 2 cohorts (the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children [n=7013] and the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort [n=1459]), we examined the associations of allelic scores of 29 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for adult BP, 180 height SNPs, and 32 body mass index SNPs, with trajectories of systolic BP (SBP) from 6 to 17 years of age, using linear spline multilevel models. The allelic scores of BP and body mass index SNPs were associated with SBP at 6 years of age (per-allele effect sizes, 0.097 mm Hg [SE, 0.039 mm Hg] and 0.107 mm Hg [SE, 0.037 mm Hg]); associations with age-related changes in SBP between 6 and 17 years of age were of small magnitude and imprecisely estimated. The allelic score of height SNPs was only weakly associated with SBP changes. No sex or cohort differences in genetic effects were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Allelic scores of BP and body mass index SNPs demonstrated associations with SBP at 6 years of age with a similar magnitude but were not strongly associated with changes in SBP with age between 6 and 17 years. Further work is required to identify variants associated with changes with age in BP.
Keywords: adolescent
blood pressure
genetics
humans
Rights: © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc.
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000197
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circgenetics.113.000197
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