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Population-based case-control study of renin-angiotensin system genes polymorphisms and hypertension among Hispanics.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Mar 2008
Bautista Leonelo E, Vargas Clara I, Oróstegui Myriam, Gamarra Germán
Abstract excerpt
The effect of polymorphisms of the RAS genes on the incidence of hypertension seems to be population-dependent. We studied the effects of the angiotensinogen T174M and M235T, angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D), and angiotensin II receptor 1 (AT1R) A1166C gene polymorphisms on the risk of hypertension among Hispanics. We selected all cases (n=256) and 257 age and sex group-matched controls...
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