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Angiotensinogen genotype, sodium reduction, weight loss, and prevention of hypertension: trials of hypertension prevention, phase II.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1998
Hunt S C, Cook N R, Oberman A, Cutler J A, Hennekens C H, Allender P S, Walker W G, Whelton P K, Williams R R
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The angiotensinogen gene has been linked to essential hypertension and increased blood pressure. A functional variant believed to be responsible for hypertension susceptibility occurs at position -6 in the promoter region of the gene in which an A for G base pair substitution is associated with higher angiotensinogen levels. To test whether an allele within the angiotensinogen gene is related to subsequent...
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