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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with carotid arterial wall thickness in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients.
Circulation - 15 Aug 1996
Hosoi M, Nishizawa Y, Kogawa K, Kawagishi T, Konishi T, Maekawa K, Emoto M, Fukumoto S, Shioi A, Shoji T, Inaba M, Okuno Y, Morii H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene has been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease in healthy subjects as well as in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). We investigated the relationship between the ACE gene polymorphism and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Analysis of Variance
- Carotid Arteries
- DNA
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Femoral Artery
- Genotype
- Humans
- Leukocytes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A