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Association of the aldosterone synthase gene -344T>C polymorphism with essential hypertension and glucose homeostasis: a case-control study in a Han Chinese population.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Sept 2011
Li Xiao-Mu, Ling Yan, Lu Da-Ru, Lu Zhi-Qiang, Yi Qian-Lu, Liu Ying, Chen Hong-Yan, Gao Xin
Abstract excerpt
1. Aldosterone is a hormone that affects both blood pressure and glucose homeostasis. We studied the association of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) polymorphism -344T>C with essential hypertension (EH) and glucose homeostasis in people in China. 2. We investigated the polymorphism -344T>C in CYP11B2 using a case-control study design (1059 cases and 1120 controls). Genotyping was carried out by...
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