Evidence for association and genetic linkage of the angiotensin- converting enzyme locus with hypertension and blood pressure in men but not women in the Framingham Heart Study

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 1998, Pages

  O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,e,f   Lindpaintner, Klaus ^b   Larson, Martin G ^a,d   Rao, Valluri S ^b   Ordovas, Jose M ^c   Schaefer, Ernst J ^c   Myers, Richard H ^d   Levy, Daniel ^a,d,e  

^a Heart Lung Blood Institute's Heart   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Blood pressure; Genes; Genetics; Hormones; Hypertension; Trials

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0345486977     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.18.1766     Document Type: Article

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