Hypertension can be classified as either Mendelian hypertension or essential hypertension,
on the basis of the mode of inheritance. The Mendelian forms of hypertension develop as a …

Background Variants of the human genes coding for renin, angiotensin-converting enzyme
(ACE), angiotensinogen (AGT) and the angiotensin II type-I receptor (AT1R) are …

Objective This meta-analysis attempted to derive pooled estimates for the associations
between various cardiovascular-renal disorders and the deletion/insertion (D/I) …

To examine the association between insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the
angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and essential hypertension in a Chinese …

Objective To study the association between polymorphisms in the angiotensin converting
enzyme (ACE) gene and angiotensinogen (AGT) gene and hypertension and/or type 2 …

The renin angiotensin system plays an important role in the regulation of blood volume and
pressure. The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays a key role in this system. A …

In the past few years, a number of key insights have been made concerning the genetic
basis of hypertension and blood pressure regulation. The genes responsible for two …

The associations between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and specific alleles of the renin
and angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) genes were studied in patients with essential …

Genetic variants of the renin–angiotensin system and ambulat... : Journal of Hypertension
Genetic variants of the renin–angiotensin system and ambulatory blood pressure in essential …

Clustering of diseases has been appreciated by health insurers and epidemiologists for
some time. Co-morbidity suggests shared pathways of disease. It is by now well agreed that …