Hypertension, serum angiotensinogen, and molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene among Nigerians.

doi:10.1161/01.cir.95.10.2348

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Hypertension, serum angiotensinogen, and molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene among Nigerians.

Circulation - 20 May 1997

Rotimi C, Cooper R, Ogunbiyi O, Morrison L, Ladipo M, Tewksbury D, Ward R

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BACKGROUND: We evaluated the association among the M235T and T174M variants of the angiotensinogen (AGT) gene, plasma AGT, and hypertension status in a sample of Nigerians. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants were selected from the extremes of the blood pressure distribution obtained from the popul...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alleles
Angiotensinogen
Female
Gene Frequency
Genes
Genetic Variation
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Nigeria

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