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Synergistic association between two alcohol metabolism relevant genes and coronary artery disease among Chinese hypertensive patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Yuefei, Du Fengxia, Zhao Hongye, Yu Xiaohong, Liu Jun, Xiao Yu, Lu Changzhu, Li Xue, Wang Yanli, Wang Bin, Niu Wenquan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifactorial and polygenic disease. The aim of this study was to examine the association between six polymorphisms of four alcohol metabolism relevant genes (ADH1B, ADH1C, ALDH1b1, ALDH2) and the risk of CAD in Han Chinese. METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a hospital-based case-control study involving 1365 hypertensive patients. All study subjects were angiographically...
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