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Association of polymorphisms in NOS3 with the ankle-brachial index in hypertensive adults.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2008
Kullo Iftikhar J, Greene M Todd, Boerwinkle Eric, Chu Jian, Turner Stephen T, Kardia Sharon L R
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We investigated the association of 14 polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3) with ankle brachial index (ABI) in non-Hispanic white hypertensives belonging to hypertensive sibships. Subjects (n=659, mean age 61+/-9 years, 54% women) underwent measurement of ABI using a standard protocol, and the lowest of 4 ABI values was used in the analyses. Non-synonymous SNPs with a minor allele...
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