Article
Lack of association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and coronary heart disease in a Chinese population.
Japanese heart journal - 1 Mar 1997
Chiang F T, Lai Z P, Chern T H, Tseng C D, Hsu K L, Lo H M, Tseng Y Z
Abstract excerpt
Insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been postulated as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. We conducted a case-control study of 271 Chinese, including 114 subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD), 42 with non-CAD and 115 apparently no...
Topics
- Aged
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- China
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic