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Hendry, Liesl M.
Sahibdeen, Venesa
Choudhury, Ananyo
Norris, Shane A.
Ramsay, Michèle
Lombard, Zané
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (U54HG006938)
National Research Foundation - Thuthuka Programme (94007 & 80702)
National Research Foundation
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
South African Medical Research Council
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development
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Article History
Received: 20 September 2017
Accepted: 3 January 2018
First Online: 17 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written assent was obtained from all participants at 13 years of age in conjunction with written consent from caregivers prior to blood sample collection. Written consent was obtained from participants when they were over 18 years of age. Ethical clearance was obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical) for collection of DNA samples and phenotype data from this cohort (M010556). Further clearance was obtained for use of these samples to identify genetic risks associated with blood pressure (M1411116) in a black South African population.
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