Effect of race, genetic population structure, and genetic models in two-locus association studies: Clustering of functional renin-angiotensin system gene variants in hypertension association studies

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1421-1428

  Pereira, A C ^a   Mota, G A ^a   Bensenor I ^a   Lotufo, P A ^a   Krieger, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACE; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Angiotensinogen; Association study; Genetics; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; METHIONINE; RENIN; THREONINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; RACE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

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EID: 0035673414     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001001100008     Document Type: Article

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