title: Analysis of two variants of the angiotensinogen gene in essential hypertensive African-Americans.
abstract: Two mutations (T174M and M235T) in the angiotensinogen gene have been reported to be associated with hypertension. This study examines the frequency of these mutations among African-American hypertensive patients (n = 109). The allele frequency of the T174M mutation was 4.6% and the frequency of the M235T mutation was 86.7%. The genotypic frequencies agreed with the conditioned Hardy-Weinberg predictions based on allele frequencies. The homozygote wild-type genotype at the T174 site was more frequent than the mutation and occurred at a rate of 91.7%. Conversely, the homozygote for the mutation at the M235 site was more frequent and occurred at a rate of 75.2%. Mutation frequencies for T174M and M235T in this African-American population differ from those previously reported from a white hypertensive population (P = .0058 and P = .0001, respectively). In summary, the representation of the angiotensinogen allele frequencies differ among hypertensive populations.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Rutledge
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Browe
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kubilis
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005796:Genes; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D015335:Molecular Probes; D000808:Angiotensinogen