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Effect of endothelin 1 genotype on blood pressure is dependent on physical activity or fitness levels.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Dec 2007
Rankinen Tuomo, Church Timothy, Rice Treva, Markward Nathan, Leon Arthur S, Rao Dabeeru C, Skinner James S, Blair Steven N, Bouchard Claude
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Contributions of the DNA sequence variation at the endothelin 1 locus to the risk of hypertension and to endurance training-induced changes in blood pressure were investigated in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study and the Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Training and Genetics Family Study cohorts. We identified 586 normotensive control subjects and 607 incident hypertensive case subjects from the Aerobics...
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