Patent ID: 9012143
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining whether or not a hypertensive human has increased risk of myocardial infarction, comprising: a.) obtaining a nucleic acid-containing sample from a hypertensive human; b.) conducting laboratory analysis of the sample so as to obtain genotype data of the human at rs4290 or at rs7213516, wherein the laboratory analysis is polymerase chain reaction with subsequent pyrosequencing or Taqman assay; and c.) determining that the human has increased risk of myocardial infarction if the genotype data indicate that the sample comprises either of (i) the minor allele of rs4290 or (ii) the minor allele of rs7213516; or d.) determining that the human has no increased risk of myocardial infarction if the genotype data indicate that the sample does not comprise either of (i) the minor allele of rs4290 or (ii) the minor allele of rs7213516.