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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and plasma renin activity in essential hypertensive individuals.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Aug 2015
Cottone S, Guarino L, Arsena R, Scazzone C, Tornese F, Guarneri M, Guglielmo C, Bono A, Mulè G
Abstract excerpt
Several studies analyzed 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and blood pressure (BP) relationship with mixed results. Moreover, a relationship between the risk of hypertension and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, FokI and BsmI, was reported. This study was aimed to analyze these relationships in essential hypertensive (EH) patients. Seventy-one EH patients, 18-75 years old, were enrolled. Patients underwent...
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