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Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in Japanese patients with essential hypertension: aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene as a risk factor independent of alcohol consumption.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jul 2007
Hui Peng, Nakayama Tomohiro, Morita Akihiko, Sato Naoyuki, Hishiki Mikano, Saito Kosuke, Yoshikawa Yukie, Tamura Masaaki, Sato Ichiro, Takahashi Teruyuki, Soma Masayoshi, Izumi Yoichi, Ozawa Yukio, Cheng Zuheng
Abstract excerpt
Essential hypertension (EH) is a multifactorial disorder determined by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors. EH patients' responses to these factors may vary, depending on differences in their genes that determine the physiological systems that mediate the response. The purpose of this investigation was to clarify the contributions of genetic background and lifestyle to EH through an association...
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