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The A1166C mutation in the angiotensin II type I receptor and hypertension in the elderly.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Jul 1999
Liyou N, Davis D, James K, Simons L, Friedlander Y, Simons J, McCallum J, Johnson A
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1. Using a nested case-control study of 661 non-institutionalized elderly (> or = 60 years) residents of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, the aim of this study is to determine whether the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II type I (AT1) receptor gene is associated with hypertension in the elderly. 2. Individuals were classified as isolated systolic hypertension (ISH, n = 146), systolic diastolic...
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