Interestingly, GALNT2 rs2144300 was also associated with phenotypes in the “Hypertension” phenotype-class among African Americans in this PheWAS Specifically the phenotypes were “High blood pressure ever diagnosed?” (ARIC, p = 1.61×10−3, β = 0.24) and “Pills for hypertension ever?” (WHI, 8.27×10−3, β = 0.15). Here, GALNT2 is linked to Hypertension.