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Association of a functional single-nucleotide polymorphism in the ALDH2 gene with essential hypertension depends on drinking behavior in a Chinese Han population.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Mar 2013
Wang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Tang X, Qian Y, Gao P, Zhu D
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Alcohol consumption is an important environmental factor in the development of essential hypertension (EH) and cardiovascular disease. Several epidemiological studies have investigated the association between hypertension and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) genotype, although the results are inconsistent. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible effect of drinking behavior on the ALDH2-EH...
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