Figure 1

Linkage findings for blood pressure related traits on chromosome 2 and 22. LOD score detected on chromosome 2 (left column) and on chromosome 22 (right column) in the three study samples from the Samoan islands. The LOD score for the bivariate trait SBP-DBP was converted to 1 degree of freedom, which makes it comparable to a univariate LOD score. For chromosome 2 the approximate region where linkage with SBP previously was detected is indicated with a black horizontal line and the region where association previously was detected is indicated with an asterisk (*). For chromosome 22 the approximate region for a susceptibility locus for PP previously reported by a meta-analysis is indicated with a black horizontal line.