Similarity of blood pressure for each genotype of the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase-1 gene in different age groups of patients with severe, familial essential hypertension.

Abstract excerpt

1. The association of alleles of an insertion/deletion polymorphism (I/D) of the dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase-1 gene with hypertension is controversial. If a particular allele makes a major contribution to blood pressure, then hypertensives homozygous for this allele could be expected to have high...

Topics

• Age Factors
• Aged
• Blood Pressure
• Carboxypeptidases
• Female
• Genotype
• Humans
• Hypertension
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
• Sex Factors