Why the study?
Are ACE, FABP2, and GST gene polymorphisms associated with essential hypertension in a North Indian population?
Population
138 essential hypertension patients and 116 age-, sex- and ethnicity-matched control subjects from a North…
Comparison
Presence of ACE, FABP2 and GST gene polymorphisms vs Age-, sex- and ethnicity-matched control…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for genetic risk in North Indian hypertension; prospective validation required before any clinical application.
Are ACE, FABP2, and GST gene polymorphisms associated with essential hypertension in a North Indian population?
ACE, FABP2, and GST gene polymorphisms are significantly associated with essential hypertension in a North Indian population.
Abbas et al. (2014) studied this question.
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