Context-dependency of the relation between left ventricular mass and AGT gene variants

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-163

  Kuznetsova, T ^a,d   Staessen, Jan A ^a   Reineke, T ^b   Olszanecka, A ^c   Ryabikov, A ^d   Tikhonoff, V ^e   Stolarz, K ^c   Bianchi, G ^f   Casiglia, E ^e   Fagard, R ^a   Brand Herrmann, S M ^g   Kawecka Jaszcz, K ^c   Nikitin, Y ^d   Brand, E ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d NOVOSIBIRSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Association study; Gene polymorphism; Heart

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 13544272897     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001793     Document Type: Article

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