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A46G and C79G polymorphisms in the β2-adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB2) and essential hypertension risk: a meta-analysis.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Nov 2010
Lou Yuqing, Liu Jinghua, Huang Yan, Liu Jielin, Wang Zuoguang, Liu Ya, Li Zhizhong, Li Yao, Xie Yi, Wen Shaojun
Abstract excerpt
No consensus has been reached on the association between the β2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms A46G and C79G and essential hypertension risk. We performed a meta-analysis to confirm the possible association. After reviewing 303 reports in PubMed and 359 reports in Embase, we included in our meta-analysis 18 articles (20 studies) that met our inclusion criteria. The fixed-effects model and the random-effects...
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