The insertion/deletion variation in the α 2B-adrenoceptor does not seem to modify the risk for acute myocardial infarction, but may modify the risk for hypertension in sib-pairs from families with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Snapir, Amir ^a   Scheinin, Mika ^a   Groop, Leif C ^b   Orho Melander, Marju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Alpha 2; Genetics; Hypertension; Myocardial infarction; Polymorphism; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2942546503     PISSN: 14752840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-2-15     Document Type: Article

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