Figure 1

Differences in the expression of blood pressure-associated genes between pre-HCT, post-HCT, and obesity control group. Microarray results are shown as a heatmap and include the hypertension-associated genes for which significant differences in expressions between the study groups were found. Colored rectangles represent transcript abundance in the blood. The intensity of the shading is proportional to the standardized values (between − 3 and 3) from each microarray, as indicated on the bar below the heat map image. Hierarchical clustering was performed with the dChip (Ver 2/25/09+) software (https://sites.google.com/site/dchipsoft) using Euclidean distance and the average linkage method.