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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
Abstract excerpt
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 population survey of 2509 men and women aged 25 to 74 years. Cases (hypertensive subjects) were individuals who had high...
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