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Genetic Association of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System with hypertension among the Malays and their adaptation to climate change.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Maamor Nur Hasnah, Cengnata Alvin, Pan Yuwen, Rizal Ismail Johan, Abd Malek Khasnur, Williams Gordon H, Yusoff Khalid, Boon-Peng Hoh
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Hypertension (HT) is a 'by-product' to the forces of natural selection against environmental drift and salt availability, therefore contributed to differential HT susceptibility. This study provides further supporting evidence through: (i) associating three salt-sensitive related candidate gene variants, to the susceptibility of HT among the Malays from Peninsular Malaysia with a detail genotype-phenotype...
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