Table 4.

Correspondence of our SBP linkage finding with other studies on chromosome 6q

Population	Trait	Chromosomal location	Marker region implicated	Position cM (Marshfield map)	LOD score	Reference
Mexican-Americans	SBP	6q12	D6S1053	080	2.2	Rutherford et al., 2007 [46]
Dutch families	DBP	6q14.1	D6S1031	089	2.5	Allayee et al. 2001 [45]
White families	SBP	6q14.1	D6S1031	089	3.3	Hunt et al., 2002 [44]
Present study	SBP	6q14.1	D6S1031	089	3.6	Puppala et al.
White families (Americans)	SBP	6q23.3 – 6q24.2	D6S1009-D6S1003	138–144	0.0001a	Krushkal et al., 1999 [47]
Nigerian families	SBP	6q26	D6S1277	173	2.9	Adeyemo et al., 2005 [13]
White sibling pairs (Europeans)	essential hypertension	6q27	D6S281	190	3.2	Caulfield et al., 2003 [20]

SBP = Systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure.

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