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Sex-specific effects of AGT-6 and ACE I/D on pulse pressure after 6 months on antihypertensive treatment: the GenHAT study.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2007
Lynch A I, Arnett D K, Davis B R, Boerwinkle E, Ford C E, Eckfeldt J H, Leiendecker-Foster C
Abstract excerpt
Research suggests pulse pressure (PP) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease, and genes likely influence PP levels. Additionally, gender may be an effect modifier between PP and cardiovascular disease. This study addresses whether two renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) variants are associated with PP in a sex-specific manner (genotype-by-sex interaction). Subjects comprised 35,048 GenHAT study...
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