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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2011 Oct 24;58(6):1079–1085. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.179291

TABLE 2.

Longitudinal and cross-sectional effects of the GRSs on blood pressure traits (in mmHg per a 1-sd change in GRS), the longitudinal OR of adult hypertension between the extreme quintiles of the GRS and replications in Bogalusa data.

GRS* Longitudinal effect
from 1980 through
2007
Replication in Bogalusa: longitudinal
effect
Cross-sectional
effect at baseline
in 1980
Cross-sectional
effect at 2007
Longitudinal
OR for
hypertension in
adulthood
Replication in
Bogalusa: OR for
hypertension in
adulthood
European ancestry African-American
ancestry
Systolic
BP$
(mmHg)
Diastolic
BP
(mmHg)
Systolic
BP
(mmHg)
Diastolic
BP
(mmHg)
Systolic
BP
(mmHg)
Diastolic
BP
(mmHg)
Systolic
BP
(mmHg)
Diastolic
BP
(mmHg)
Systolic
BP
(mmHg)
Diastolic
BP
(mmHg)
European
ancestry
African-
American
ancestry
13-SNP|| combi nation GRS β=0.47 p=0.008 β=0.53 p=0.0003 β=0.18
p=0.30
β=0.01
p=0.94
β=1.22
p=0.002
β=0.78
p=0.005
β=0.11 p=0.61 β=0.35 p=0.10 β=1.0 p=0.0006 β=0.76 p=0.002 OR=1.82, CI#=1.53–2.17, p<0.0001 OR=0.95, CI=0.80–1.13, p=0.57 OR=1.10, CI=0.87–1.40, p=0.44
5-SNP systolic BP GRS β=0.21 p=0.23 β=0.42
p=0.048
β=1.02
p=0.09
β=0.08 p=0.69 β=0.08 p=0.70 β=0.71 p=0.02 β=0.38 p=0.12 OR=1.40, CI=1.18–1.64, p=0.001 OR=0.965, CI=0.78–1.20, p=0.75 OR=0.889, CI=0.61–1.29, p=0.54
8-SNP diastolic BP GRS β=0.50 p=0.0005 β=0.10
p=0.60
β=1.76
p=0.002
β=0.07 p=0.74 β=0.37 p=0.08 β=0.78 p=0.01 β=0.65 p=0.008 OR=1.25, CI=1.06–1.49, p=0.03 OR=0.94, CI=0.72–1.23, p=0.64 OR=1.84, CI=1.13–3.02 p=0.02
*

GRS=genetic Risk Score.

Longitudinal models adjusted for measurement year, age (and age squared for systolic blood pressure), sex and BMI; cross-sectional and logistic models adjusted for age, sex, BMI and family history.

OR=Odds Ratio (between the extreme quintiles of the GRS).

$

BP=Blood Pressure. A substitution method was used for subjects under antihypertensive treatment in 2001 (N=58) or 2007 (N=143) by adding 15 mmHg to the systolic and 10 mmHg to the diastolic BP measured in 2001 or 2007.

||

SNP=Single Nucleotide Polymorphism. The SNPs in each GRS were as follows: rs16998073, rs1530440, rs3184504, rs1378942, rs16948048, rs9815354, rs11014166, rs2384550, rs17367504, rs11191548, rs12946454, rs38181 and rs2681492 in the 13-SNP combination GRS; rs17367504, rs11191548, rs12946454, rs381815 and rs2681492 in the 5-SNP systolic BP GRS and rs16998073, rs1530440, rs3184504, rs1378942, rs16948048, rs9815354, rs11014166 and rs2384550 in the 8-SNP diastolic BP GRS. SNPs rs3184504 and rs1378942 were not available for the African-American population of the Bogalusa Heart Study.

β=effect estimate (in mmHg per a 1-sd change in the GRS).

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CI=95% Confidence Interval.