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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2010 Jun;10(2):86–108. doi: 10.2174/187153010791213100

Table 3.

Blood pressure/hypertension loci discovered via genome-wide association studies as of 3/31/10; p<5.0×10−8

Reported gene Associated SNPs Region Trait Risk allele Risk allele frequency Reference(s)

MTHFR/NPPA/CLCN6/NPPB/AGTRAP rs17367504 1p36.22 SBP A 0.832* [174]*
CHB: 0.900

ULK4 rs9815354 3p22.1 DBP A 0.228 [173]

FGF5/PRDM8 rs16998073 4q21.21 DBP T 0.192 [174]*
CHB: 0.159

CACNB2 rs11014166 10p12.33 DBP A 0.633 [173]

TMEM26/RTKN2/RHOBTB1/ARID5B rs1530440 10q21.2 DBP C 0.839 [174]*
CHB: 0.932

CYP17A1/AS3MT/CNNM2/NT5C2 rs1004467 10q24.32 SBP A 0.916 [173]
rs11191548 SBP T 0.925 [174]*
CHB: 0.756

PLAKHA7 rs381815 11p15.1 SBP T 0.297 [173]

ATP2B1 rs2681472 12q21.33 Hyp/DBP A 0.885 [173]
rs2681492 SBP T 0.881 [173]

SH2B3/ATXN2 rs3184504 12q24.12 SBP/DBP T 0.445 [173]
rs653178 DBP C 0.438 [174]*
CHB: 0.000

TBX3/TBX5 rs2384550 12q24.21 DBP G 0.633 [173]

CYP1A1/CYP1A2/CSK/LMAN1L/CPLX3/ARID3B/ULK3 rs1378942 15q24.1 DBP C 0.321 [174]*
CHB: 0.833
rs6495122 DBP A 0.379 [173]

PLCD3/ACBD4/HEXIM1/HEXIM2 rs12946454 17q21.31 SBP T 0.245 [174]*
CHB: 0.202

ZNF652/PHB rs16948048 17q21.32 DBP G 0.416 [174]*
CHB: 0.144

HapMap release 27, CEU population unless otherwise noted;

*

Replication sample included individuals of Indian Asian ancestry, we include CHB allele frequencies for reference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; Hyp, hypertension