Article
Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes in the high- and low-risk area for coronary heart disease in Finland.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1995
Perola M, Sajantila A, Sarti C, Stengård J, Tamminen M, Puska P, Huttunen J, Tuomilehto J, Peltonen L
Abstract excerpt
The deletion/deletion genotype of the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been suggested to be a risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI). The objective of this study was to evaluate whether genotype distributions of the I/D polymorphism o...
Topics
- Adult
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Finland
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Risk Factors
- Sex Distribution