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Association of common variants in NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides and blood pressure

  • Christopher Newton-Cheh
  • , Martin G. Larson
  • , Ramachandran S. Vasan
  • , Daniel Levy
  • , Kenneth D. Bloch
  • , Aarti Surti
  • , Candace Guiducci
  • , Sekar Kathiresan
  • , Emelia J. Benjamin
  • , Joachim Struck
  • , Nils G. Morgenthaler
  • , Andreas Bergmann
  • , Stefan Blankenberg
  • , Frank Kee
  • , Peter Nilsson
  • , Xiaoyan Yin
  • , Leena Peltonen
  • , Erkki Vartiainen
  • , Veikko Salomaa
  • , Joel N. Hirschhorn
  • Olle Melander, Thomas J. Wang

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Abstract

We examined the association of common variants at the NPPA-NPPB locus with circulating concentrations of the natriuretic peptides, which have blood pressure-lowering properties. We genotyped SNPs at the NPPA-NPPB locus in 14,743 individuals of European ancestry, and identified associations of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide with rs5068 (P = 8 × 10-70), rs198358 (P = 8 × 10-30) and rs632793 (P = 2 × 10-10), and of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide with rs5068 (P = 3 × 10 -12), rs198358 (P = 1 × 10-25) and rs632793 (P = 2 × 10-68). In 29,717 individuals, the alleles of rs5068 and rs198358 that showed association with increased circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations were also found to be associated with lower systolic (P = 2 × 10-6 and 6 × 10-5, respectively) and diastolic blood pressure (P = 1 × 10-6 and 5 × 10 -5), as well as reduced odds of hypertension (OR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.79-0.92, P = 4 × 10-5; OR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.85-0.95, P = 2 × 10-4, respectively). Common genetic variants at the NPPA-NPPB locus found to be associated with circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations contribute to interindividual variation in blood pressure and hypertension.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)348-353
Number of pages6
JournalNature Genetics
Volume41
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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