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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha polymorphism is not associated with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Nov 2004
Chen Shufeng, Yan Weili, Huang Jianfeng, Yang Wenjie, Gu Dongfeng
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether variations in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) are associated with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population. A case-control study design was applied in a Chinese population. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), +1302G>A and G482S, in the PGC-1alpha gene were genotyped and compared between 494 unrelated...
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