GENETIC FACTORS IN BLOOD PRESSURE

摘要

The invention describes epistatic interactions between single nucleotide polymorphisms on genes associated with blood pressure (rs5355C>T in SELE and rs6046G>A in F7) and provides an application for their use in a method to determine an individual's susceptibility to hypertension and hence whether anti-hypertensive treatment will be beneficial for said individual. In addition gene expression levels of NAMPT are also linked to blood pressure and may also be used to determine susceptibility to hypertension.