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T+31C polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and nocturnal blood pressure decline: the Ohasama study.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2002
Fujiwara Tohru, Katsuya Tomohiro, Matsubara Mitsunobu, Mikami Tadayoshi, Ishikawa Kazuhiko, Kikuya Masahiro, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Hozawa Atsushi, Michimata Mari, Suzuki Michiko, Metoki Hirohito, Asayama Kei, Araki Tsutomu, Tsuji Ichiro, Higaki Jitsuo, Satoh Hiroshi, Hisamichi Shigeru, Ogihara Toshio, Imai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We assessed the association between several polymorphisms of angiotensinogen gene (AGT) and essential hypertension using ambulatory blood pressure (BP). METHODS: We recruited 802 subjects in a rural Japanese community who were aged >40 years and who gave written informed consent for monitoring of their ambulatory BP and genetic analysis (the Ohasama Study). As a polymorphism of AGT, T+31C, which is in...
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