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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
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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-Haenszel approach. Joint P values for continuous variables were calculated by Stouffer's method. Continuous measurements...
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