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Endothelin-1 gene and progression of blood pressure and left ventricular mass: longitudinal findings in youth.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Dec 2004
Dong Yanbin, Wang Xiaoling, Zhu Haidong, Treiber Frank A, Snieder Harold
Abstract excerpt
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a powerful vasconstrictor peptide implicated in development of essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. To evaluate the impact of genetic variability of the ET-1 gene on progression of blood pressure (BP) and left ventricular mass (LVM), we conducted individual growth curve modeling for 537 European American and black youths with 12 assessments during a 15-year period. Four...
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