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Association of genetic variants in the adiponectin gene with adiponectin level and hypertension in Hong Kong Chinese.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Aug 2010
Ong Kwok Leung, Li Mingfang, Tso Annette W K, Xu Aimin, Cherny Stacey S, Sham Pak Chung, Tse Hung Fat, Lam Tai Hing, Cheung Bernard M Y, Lam Karen S L
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OBJECTIVE: Low plasma adiponectin level can predict the development of hypertension after 5 years in our population. We therefore investigated whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the adiponectin gene influenced plasma adiponectin level and whether they were associated with hypertension. DESIGN AND METHODS: We genotyped 14 tagging SNPs in 1616 subjects with persistent normotensive or hypertensive...
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