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Angiotensinogen T174M and M235T variants, sodium intake and hypertension among non-drinking, lean Japanese men and women.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Sept 2000
Iso H, Harada S, Shimamoto T, Sato S, Kitamura A, Sankai T, Tanigawa T, Iida M, Komachi Y
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the interaction of sodium intake with genetic variations of the angiotensinogen gene and hypertension. DESIGN: A community-based case-reference study. SETTING: Two rural Japanese communities. PARTICIPANTS: Non-overweight and non-drinking Japanese men and women: 229 hypertensives and 229 age-, sex- and community-matched normotensives aged 32 to 83 years. METHODS: Polymorphisms of the...
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