Article
Associations between candidate loci angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen with coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction: the NHLBI Family Heart Study.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Ludwig E H, Borecki I B, Ellison R C, Folsom A R, Heiss G, Higgins M, Lalouel J M, Province M A, Rao D C
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensinogen (AGT) are major components of the renin-angiotensin systems. An association between myocardial infarction (MI) and the ACE DD genotype of the insertion/deletion (ID) polymorphism in intron 16 of the ACE gene has been reported. However, other...
Topics
- Angiotensinogen
- Black People
- Body Mass Index
- Case-Control Studies
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genotype
- Humans
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Myocardial Infarction