Article
Evaluation of the insertion/deletion ACE gene polymorphism as a risk factor for carotid artery intima-media thickening and hypertension in young type 1 diabetic patients.
Diabetes care - 1 May 1998
Frost D, Pfohl M, Clemens P, Häring H U, Beischer W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the distribution of the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the ACE gene in young type 1 diabetic patients and to evaluate possible associations between the ACE genotype, arterial hypertension, and intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery. RESEARCH DESIGN AND M...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Albuminuria
- Alleles
- Carotid Artery Diseases
- Carotid Artery, Common
- Cholesterol, LDL
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetic Nephropathies
