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Angiotensin converting enzyme genetic polymorphism is not associated with hypertension in a cross-sectional sample of a Japanese population: the Shibata Study.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 2001
Zaman M M, Yoshiike N, Date C, Yokoyama T, Matsumura Y, Ikemoto S, Tanaka H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The studies on the association of deletion/ insertion (D/I) polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene with blood pressure and hypertension reported contradictory results. Because there was no population-based study in Japan, we examine the hypothesized association in a cross-sectional sample of a Japanese cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS: The blood pressure of 464 men and 876 women aged...
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