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Blood pressure and the T174M and M235T polymorphisms of the angiotensinogen gene.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 May 1999
Niu T, Chen C, Yang J, Wang B, Wang Z, Schork N, Fang Z, Xu X
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PURPOSE: The angiotensinogen gene (AGT), which encodes the precursor of the vasoactive hormone angiotensin II, has been reported to be associated with hypertension in Caucasian and Japanese populations. We examined the relationship between two common molecular variants of AGT, T174M and M235T and blood pressure in two cohorts from the Anqing region of China. Cohort I (N = 794) consisted of families ascertained by...
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