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Angiotensin-converting enzyme single nucleotide polymorphism is a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a cohort study of hypertensive patients.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jun 2011
Kato Nozomi, Tatara Yuji, Ohishi Mitsuru, Takeya Yasushi, Onishi Miyuki, Maekawa Yoshihiro, Rakugi Hiromi
Abstract excerpt
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) adversely affects stroke and cardiovascular disease; polymorphisms in genes involved in this system are associated with cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to confirm the genetic risk of these polymorphisms for stroke and cardiovascular events in a cohort study of 515 hypertensive patients in Japan (follow-up period 90.6±30.2 months). The insertion/deletion...
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