Article
Angiotensinogen gene in human hypertension. Lack of an association of the 235T allele among African Americans.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 1994
Rotimi C, Morrison L, Cooper R, Oyejide C, Effiong E, Ladipo M, Osotemihen B, Ward R
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of the 235T and 174M alleles of the angiotensinogen gene, previously reported to be associated with hypertension in Caucasians and Japanese, was compared between 57 hypertensive African Americans and 130 normotensive African Americans sampled as part of a community survey of hyperte...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Angiotensinogen
- Base Sequence
- Black People
- Chicago
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nigeria
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Polymorphism, Genetic