Association of insertion/deletion polymorphism of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Malaysian subjects

• Main Authors: Vasudevan, Ramachandran, Ismail, Patimah, Stanslas, Johnson, Shamsudin, Norashikin, Moin, Saidi, Mohd Jas, Rusni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17687/1/Association%20of%20insertion%20deletion%20polymorphism%20of%20angiotensin%20converting%20enzyme%20gene%20with%20essential%20hypertension%20and%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20in%20Malaysian%20subjects.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17687/; http://www.sagepublications.com

Introduction: The deletion (D) allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been studied in various populations in relation to hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with contradictory results.This study sought to determine the association of insertion (I)/D polymorphis...