ASH: Common Genes Contribute to Blood Pressure Regulation

More bad news for the fat morons waiting on a genetic "cure" to their overfatness.

"Common genetic variants that help determine risk of hypertension and blood pressure levels in the population have been discovered.

For the first time, genome-wide analyses revealed variants -- in 13 regions, nearly all previously unsuspected -- linked with systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as hypertension.

Odds ratios for hypertension associated with each of these variants ranged up to 1.16. But the researchers leading these studies cautioned that the findings would not be immediately useful for screening purposes."

Let's do the data:

"13 regions" - so far
"nearly all previously unsuspected" - wanna bet that there will be more "unsuspected" regions found?
"would not be immediately useful for screening" - let alone cure/treatment

Put it all together and what do you have?

Not a chance that the genetic approach will work for overweight/obesity.