Article
The association between salt sensitivity of blood pressure and some polymorphic factors.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 1994
Kojima S, Inenaga T, Matsuoka H, Kuramochi M, Omae T, Nara Y, Yamori Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association in Japanese subjects between the salt sensitivity of blood pressure and polymorphic factors. DESIGN AND METHODS: One hundred and four patients with essential hypertension were classified as salt-sensitive or non-salt-sensitive depending on their blood pressur...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aldosterone
- Blood Pressure
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Diet, Sodium-Restricted
- Drug Resistance
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Renin
