Association of Endothelin-Converting Enzyme and Endothelin-1 Gene Polymorphisms with Essential Hypertension in Malay Ethnics.

Elnaz Salim Vasudevan Ramachandran Neda Ansari Patimah Ismail Mohd Hazmi Mohamed Nur Afiqah Mohamad Liyana Najwa Inche Mat

Published in: Genetics research (2022)

Based on our result, it is evident that the T allele of ET-1 rs5370 polymorphism and C allele of ECE rs212526 have a significant genetic risk factor in EH among Malay subjects, and BMI and age are associated with hypertension.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
risk factors
body mass index
genome wide
weight gain
gene expression
arterial hypertension
copy number