Association of leptin receptor gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension in a Chinese population

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 859-865

  Gu, P ^a   Jiang, W ^b   Chen, M ^a   Lu, B ^a   Shao, J ^a   Du, H ^a   Jiang, S ^a  

^a NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Insulin resistance; Leptin receptor gene; Metabolic syndrome; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84869078645     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8238     Document Type: Article

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