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Genetically-reduced serum ACE activity might be a causal risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: A meta-analysis.
Scientific reports - 21 Oct 2015
He Lan, Wang Bin, Lang Wei-Ya, Xue Jing, Zhao Da-Long, Li Guo-Feng, Zheng Li-Hong, Pan Hong-Ming
Abstract excerpt
We meta-analytically summarized the associations of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism with ACE activity and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) to see whether ACE activity is causally associated with OSAS. Literature search and data abstraction were done in duplicate. Sixteen articles including 2060 OSAS patients and 1878 controls were summarized. Overall, no...
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