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Association of Trp64Arg beta 3-adrenergic-receptor gene polymorphism with essential hypertension in the Sardinian population.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 1999
Tonolo G, Melis M G, Secchi G, Atzeni M M, Angius M F, Carboni A, Ciccarese M, Malavasi A, Maioli M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible association of three candidate gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension in the genetically homogeneous Sardinian population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied 494 unrelated, nondiabetic subjects, 213 (43.2%) with essential hypertension. All subjects underwent a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test with determination of glycemia and insulinemia and serum lipids. The...
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