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A promoter polymorphism in APJ gene is significantly associated with blood pressure changes and hypertension risk in Chinese women.
Oncotarget - 27 Dec 2016
Li Guofeng, Sun Xingyuan, Zhao Dalong, He Lan, Zheng Lihong, Xue Jing, Wang Bin, Pan Hongming
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to interrogate the gender-specific association of 5 well-defined polymorphisms in apelin/APJ system with both blood pressure changes and hypertension risk in a northeastern Chinese population. This is a population-based case-control study, including 650 hypertensive patients and 645 normotensive controls. Data were analyzed by STATA and Haplo.Stats. The genotype distributions of 5 study...
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