Population-based case-control study of renin-angiotensin system genes polymorphisms and hypertension among Hispanics

LE Bautista, CI Vargas, M Oróstegui… - Hypertension Research, 2008 - nature.com
The effect of polymorphisms of the RAS genes on the incidence of hypertension seems to be
population-dependent. We studied the effects of the angiotensinogen T174M and M235T …

Gene polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and early development of hypertension

M Barbalić, T karić-Jurić, F Cambien… - American journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background: A case-control association study was conducted to investigate a possible
involvement of polymorphisms of three renin-angiotensin system genes: ACE (I/D and T …

Polymorphisms of renin-angiotensin genes among Nigerians, Jamaicans, and African Americans

C Rotimi, A Puras, R Cooper… - …, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
Within the context of an international collaborative study of the evolution of hypertension in
the black diaspora, we determined the allelic distribution of hypertension candidate genes …

Genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and essential hypertension

E Poch, A de La Sierra, D González-Núñez… - Medicina …, 2002 - europepmc.org
Background The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is known to regulate the blood pressure
(BP). Several RAS polymorphisms have been associated with essential hypertension (EH) …

Angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism, blood pressure and the renin-angiotensin system in Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean peoples.

J Barley, A Blackwood, M Miller… - Journal of human …, 1996 - europepmc.org
The objectives of this study were to assess relations between ACE gene I/D polymorphism,
essential hypertension, plasma renin activity and aldosterone in white (European descent) …

Genetic variants in the renin-angiotensin system genes are associated with cardiovascular-renal-related risk factors in Mexican Americans

F Thameem, VS Voruganti, X He, SD Nath, J Blangero… - Human genetics, 2008 - Springer
The aim of this study is to examine whether the ACE-I/D, AGT-M235T, and AT1R-A1166C
polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) genes are associated with …

Angiotensin converting enzyme genetic polymorphism is not associated with hypertension in a cross-sectional sample of a Japanese population: the Shibata Study

MM Zaman, N Yoshiike, C Date… - Journal of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Background The studies on the association of deletion/insertion (D/I) polymorphism of
angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene with blood pressure and hypertension reported …

Renin‐Angiotensin System Polymorphisms and Risk of Hypertension: Influence of Environmental Factors

JP Forman, NDL Fisher, MR Pollak… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Renin‐angiotensin system (RAS) polymorphisms have been studied as candidate risk
factors for hypertension with inconsistent results, possibly due to heterogeneity among …

Gender specific association of insertion/deletion polymorphism of the human angiotensin converting enzyme gene with essential hypertension

BA Bhavani, T Padma, BKS Sastry… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The pattern of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D)
polymorphism in the Indian population is poorly known. The population has cultural and …

Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism (insertion/deletion) and hypertension in adult Asian Indians: a population-based study from Calcutta, India

M Das, S Pal, A Ghosh - Human biology, 2008 - BioOne
The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion polymorphism has been
identified as a potential genetic risk factor for essential hypertension. The purpose of the …