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Age-related increase of pulse pressure and gene polymorphisms in essential hypertension: a preliminary study.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Jun 2002
Mourad Jean-Jacques, Ducailar Guilhem, Rudnicki Annie, Lajemi Malika, Mimran Albert, Safar Michel E
Abstract excerpt
Genes may modulate the changes of blood pressure (BP) with age; this possibility has never been studied for the age-related increase of pulse pressure (PP), although in older populations, PP is considered the stronger mechanical factor predicting cardiovascular mortality. In humans, the presence of the mutant allele C of the angiotensin II (Ang II) AT(1)-receptor or of the mutant allele T of the eNOS G(298) T...
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