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Association of Common Variants in NPPA and NPPB with Circulating Natriuretic Peptides and Blood Pressure

Erkki VartiainenLeena PeltonenSekar KathiresanCandace GuiducciRamachandran S. VasanChristopher Newton-chehNils G. MorgenthalerAndreas BergmannEmelia J. BenjaminVeikko SalomaaStefan BlankenbergMartin G. LarsonKenneth D. BlochOlle MelanderAarti SurtiXiaoyan YinJoel N. HirschhornJoel N. HirschhornJoel N. HirschhornThomas J. WangFrank KeePeter M. NilssonDaniel LevyJoachim Struck

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AdultMaleLinkage disequilibriummedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.drug_classHemodynamicsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismBlood PressureBiologyPolymorphism Single NucleotideArticleLinkage DisequilibriumAtrial natriuretic peptideGene FrequencyInternal medicineNatriuretic Peptide BrainGeneticsmedicineNatriuretic peptideHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAlleleNatriuretic PeptidesAllele frequencyAgedMiddle AgedEndocrinologyBlood pressureCase-Control StudiesHypertensionFemaleAtrial Natriuretic Factor

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We examined the association of common variants at the NPPA-NPPB locus with circulating concentrations of the natriuretic peptides, which have blood pressure-lowering properties. We genotyped SNPs at the NPPA-NPPB locus in 14,743 individuals of European ancestry, and identified associations of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide with rs5068 (P = 8 x 10(-70)), rs198358 (P = 8 x 10(-30)) and rs632793 (P = 2 x 10(-10)), and of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide with rs5068 (P = 3 x 10(-12)), rs198358 (P = 1 x 10(-25)) and rs632793 (P = 2 x 10(-68)). In 29,717 individuals, the alleles of rs5068 and rs198358 that showed association with increased circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations were also found to be associated with lower systolic (P = 2 x 10(-6) and 6 x 10(-5), respectively) and diastolic blood pressure (P = 1 x 10(-6) and 5 x 10(-5)), as well as reduced odds of hypertension (OR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.79-0.92, P = 4 x 10(-5); OR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.85-0.95, P = 2 x 10(-4), respectively). Common genetic variants at the NPPA-NPPB locus found to be associated with circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations contribute to interindividual variation in blood pressure and hypertension.

10.1038/ng.328http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2664511