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Association of ACE gene polymorphism with arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes care - 1 Nov 1999
Taniwaki H, Kawagishi T, Emoto M, Shoji T, Hosoi M, Kogawa K, Nishizawa Y, Morii H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the ACE gene and arterial distensibility in patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy control subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Aortic and carotid arterial distensibility were evaluated by measuring aortic pulse-wave velocity (a-PWV) and carotid stiffness beta using an echo-tracking system in 137 patients with type 2...
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