Age- and gender-dependent association of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with essential hypertension in a Chinese population.

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Age- and gender-dependent association of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with essential hypertension in a Chinese population.

Journal of human hypertension - 1 Dec 1996

Chiang F T, Chern T H, Lai Z P, Tseng C D, Hsu K L, Lo H M, Tseng Y Z

Abstract excerpt

A case-control study was carried out on 272 Chinese subjects over 40 years of age, including 157 hypertensives and 115 normotensives, to examine the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and blood pressure (BP) status. The I/D polymorph...

Topics

Adult
Age Factors
Alleles
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Taiwan

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