Effects of the angiotensinogen gene M235T and A(-6)G variants on blood pressure and other vascular risk factors in a Spanish population.

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Angiotensinogen (AGT) gene polymorphism has shown significant differences in the allelic frequencies between hypertensive and normotensive subjects. This allele frequency varies among ethnic groups. There are still some controversies related to the 235T-variant as a marker for essential hypertension. As part of an extensive case-control study carried out in a Spanish population, we selected the 237 subjects with...

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