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Genetic variants of the matrix metalloproteinase family genes and risk for hypertension: a case-control study among northeastern Han Chinese.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Oct 2014
Qi Yue, Zhao Hongye, Wang Yuefei, Wang Yanli, Lu Changzhu, Xiao Yu, Wang Bin, Niu Wenquan
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In this study, we sought to examine the association between 10 genetic variants in the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family genes and the risk of hypertension among northeastern Han Chinese. This was a hospital-based case-control study involving 1009 sporadic hypertensive patients and 756 age-, gender- and ethnicity-matched normotensive controls. The genotypes of the 10 examined variants were determined by...
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