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Ambulatory systolic blood pressure is related to the deletion allele of the angiotensin I converting enzyme gene in young normotensives with parental history of hypertension.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Apr 1998
Chrostowska M, Narkiewicz K, Bigda J, Winnicki M, Pawlowski R, Rossi G P, Krupa-Wojciechowska B
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and ambulatory blood pressure in young normotensive males with (n=45) and without (n=100) family history of hypertension. Twenty-four hour and daytime systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in subjects with a parental history of hypertension. Ambulatory blood pressure values...
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