Article
Association of a deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with left-ventricular hypertrophy in Japanese women with essential hypertension; multicenter study of 1,919 subjects.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2000
Kimura M, Yokota M, Fujimura T, Kato S, Hirayama H, Tsunekawa A, Maeda M, Inagaki H, Ogawa S, Nakashima N, Yamada Y
Abstract excerpt
The relationship of an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene to left-ventricular hypertrophy in individuals with essential hypertension (EH) was investigated in a large population of Japanese men and women. The ACE genotype of 762 subjects with EH (...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Echocardiography
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
- Japan
- Male