Article
The deletion/insertion polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene and cardiovascular-renal risk.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Dec 1997
Staessen J A, Wang J G, Ginocchio G, Petrov V, Saavedra A P, Soubrier F, Vlietinck R, Fagard R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis attempted to derive pooled estimates for the associations between various cardiovascular-renal disorders and the deletion/insertion (D/I) polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene. METHODS: Case-control studies were combined, using the Mantel-Haens...
Topics
- Alleles
- Blood Pressure
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kidney Diseases
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors