Why the study?
Does the ACE2 G8790A gene polymorphism increase the risk of essential hypertension in a Chinese population?
Population
5260 subjects from 8 separate studies in a Chinese population
Comparison
ACE2 G8790A gene polymorphism vs Absence of ACE2 G8790A gene polymorphism
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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No support for ACE2 G8790A testing in hypertension risk assessment; leaves open ethnic or variant-specific effects for further study.
Does the ACE2 G8790A gene polymorphism increase the risk of essential hypertension in a Chinese population?
The ACE2 G8790A gene polymorphism is not significantly associated with an increased risk of essential hypertension in the Chinese population.
Yanyan Li (2012) studied this question.
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