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Association between Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphisms and frailty among chinese older people.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - 1 May 2015
Chen Shanping, Hao Qiukui, Yang Ming, Yue Jirong, Cao Li, Liu Guanjian, Zou Chuan, Ding Xiang, Pu Hongshan, Dong Birong
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OBJECTIVES: Frailty involves complex mechanisms of cumulative decline in several physiological systems and is associated with adverse events that are determined by genetic and environmental factors. It has been reported that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms are associated with human performance. However, the relationships between ACE polymorphisms and frailty are...
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