Article
A systemic review of the relationship between aldosterone synthase - 344 C/T polymorphism and hypertension in Han.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Jan 2010
Cheng Xiaoshu, Xu Gaosi
Abstract excerpt
Many studies reported the association between aldosterone synthase gene CYP11B2 polymorphism and essential hypertension in Chinese. So far, no meta- analysis was conducted between the etiology of essential hypertension and CYP11B2 -344 C/T polymorphism in Han Chinese, the majority (93% of the total population) in China. Recruited literature was based on searching the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Chinese...
Topics
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Aldosterone
- China
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hypertension
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sex Characteristics
