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Lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphisms and blood pressure levels in the Northern Chinese Han population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jun 2004
Li Biao, Ge Dongliang, Wang Yuelan, Zhao Weiyan, Zhou Xiaoyang, Gu Dongfeng, Chen Runsheng
Abstract excerpt
The lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene has been investigated extensively in linkage studies and in studies of its association with lipid profiles and coronary artery disease (CAD), and this gene has also been reported to have an association with hypertension. In our previous linkage study on 148 Chinese hypertensive families, the regions at or near the LPL gene were found to be associated with systolic blood pressure...
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