Genome Wide Association Study Identifies the HMGCS2 Locus to be Associated With Chlorthalidone Induced Glucose Increase in Hypertensive Patients.
Singh S, McDonough CW, Gong Y, Alghamdi WA, Arwood MJ, Bargal SA, Dumeny L, Li WY, Mehanna M, Stockard B, Yang G, de Oliveira FA, Fredette NC, Shahin MH, Bailey KR, Beitelshees AL, Boerwinkle E, Chapman AB, Gums JG, Turner ST, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Johnson JA.
Singh S, et al.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Mar 9;7(6):e007339. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007339.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2018.
PMID: 29523524
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G-allele carriers of HMGCS2 had higher glucose levels (glucose change=+16.29 mg/dL) post chlorthalidone treatment compared with noncarriers of G allele (glucose change=+2.80 mg/dL). ...CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that HMGCS2 is a promising candidate gene invo …
G-allele carriers of HMGCS2 had higher glucose levels (glucose change=+16.29 mg/dL) post chlorthalidone treatment compared with nonca …