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Diastolic blood pressure association

Blood pressure between heartbeats, the lower of the two numbers.

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Evidence · Replicated

What the research found

In the cited research, the T allele at rs13082711 was associated with lower diastolic blood pressure in the studied cohorts.

CC
Higher average
CT
Middle
TT
Lower average
Slight effect

What the study found

In the study, each copy went with diastolic blood pressure about 0.24 mmHg lower on average.

European-ancestry adults (discovery 69,395; follow-up up to 133,661) · 198,084 people · Table 1 (SLC4A7 row, CA/NCA T/C, DBP beta column); N from Supplementary Information Appendix A, Table A.1 (All data, effective sample size)
Evidence
Genome-wide association with independent follow-up
Who was studied
European-ancestry discovery and independent follow-up cohorts
1000 Genomes Project

How common each genotype is

How common each genotype is in the 1000 Genomes Project, by region
RegionCCHigher averageCTMiddleTTLower average
All regions2,504 people2%19%78%
Africa661 people<1%7%93%
The Americas347 people2%27%71%
East Asia504 people<1%9%90%
Europe503 people5%33%62%
South Asia489 people4%28%68%

Among the 2,504 people of the 1000 Genomes Project, in five world regions. These percentages describe groups of people, never anyone’s chance of having a trait.

Ancient genomes

Through time

How often the studied letter was read in ancient people, era by era, in the region chosen.

Region
Through time: Europe
Before farmingbefore 6500 BC58%39 of 67 copies read
First farmers6500 to 3000 BC83%774 of 931 copies read
Bronze Age3000 to 1200 BC78%690 of 884 copies read
Iron Age and Antiquity1200 BC to AD 60078%868 of 1,118 copies read
Middle AgesAD 600 to 150082%487 of 591 copies read
Today1000 Genomes79%790 of 1,006 copies

Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes

Altai Neanderthal
2 copies
Vindija Neanderthal
2 copies
Chagyrskaya Neanderthal
2 copies
Denisovan
2 copies

Neanderthals and Denisovans carried this letter too: it is the older of the two.

For most ancient people only one of their two copies can be read, so these counts are copies read, not people. Close relatives, repeated samples and samples the archive marks as unreliable are left out. Damage in old DNA can fake this letter, so it is counted only from samples treated to remove that damage and from high-quality genomes. Ancient genomes from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR v66): 15,136 people.
rs13082711

The marker

Gene or region
SLC4A7 region
Marker
rs13082711
Location
Chromosome 3 · GRCh37 27,537,909 · GRCh38 27,496,418
Letters studied
C and T, with T as the studied allele

A DNA Traits report reads this marker in your raw DNA file and shows which of the three genotypes is yours, with how common it is. It counts the copies of the studied allele; it does not measure the trait itself.

Marker
SLC4A7 region · rs13082711
Location
Chromosome 3 · GRCh37 27,537,909 · GRCh38 27,496,418
Studied allele
T
Published statistic
beta -0.238 mmHg DBP per coded T allele, P 3.8e-9 (combined discovery and follow-up); Table 1 (Table 1 (SLC4A7 row, CA/NCA T/C, DBP beta column); N from Supplementary Information Appendix A, Table A.1 (All data, effective sample size))
1000 Genomes Project phase 3, people with 0, 1 and 2 copies
All regions 58 / 483 / 1963 · Africa 1 / 45 / 615 · The Americas 7 / 92 / 248 · East Asia 4 / 45 / 455 · Europe 25 / 166 / 312 · South Asia 21 / 135 / 333
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Limits

What it cannot tell you

The average per-allele difference in the research cohorts was less than 1 mmHg. This marker cannot tell you your current blood pressure, is not a test for high or low blood pressure, cannot calculate cardiovascular risk and does not guide treatment. Only the studied C/T allele pair is interpreted.

Genetic Variants in Novel Pathways Influence Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Risk (International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, 2011)
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