AWI-Gen 2023 blood pressure GWAS: Sub-Saharan African ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publication

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of blood pressure traits and hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: an AWI-Gen study
Singh S et al.
Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 16;14(1):8376. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44079-0.
PMID: 38104120

Phenotypes

  • Systolic blood pressure
  • Diastolic blood pressure
  • Hypertension
  • Pulse pressure
  • Mean arterial pressure

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for blood pressure phenotypes in 10,775 individuals of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in the Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen) cohort.

Dataset ID
Singh2023_BP_SSAF