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No association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme ID polymorphism and elite endurance athlete status.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 May 2000
Rankinen T, Wolfarth B, Simoneau J A, Maier-Lenz D, Rauramaa R, Rivera M A, Boulay M R, Chagnon Y C, Pérusse L, Keul J, Bouchard C
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have reported that the insertion (I) allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/deletion (D) polymorphism is associated with enhanced responsiveness to endurance training and is more common in endurance athletes than in sedentary controls. We tested the latter hypothesis in a cohort of 192 male endurance athletes with maximal oxygen uptake >/=75 ml. kg(-1). min(-1) and 189 sedentary male...
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