The angiotensin converting enzyme and blood pressure in Jamaicans

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 519-524

  Forrester, Terrence ^a   McFarlane Anderson, Norma ^a   Bennett, Franklyn I ^a   Wilks, Rainford ^a   Cooper, Richard ^b   Rotimi, Charles ^b   Morrison, Linda ^c   Ward, Ryk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; blacks; blood pressure; genotype; obesity

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 0030929884     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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