title: [Absence of an association of the D allele of the ACE gene with arterial pressure in mild-moderate essential arterial hypertension].
abstract: To assess the relationship between the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene I/D polymorphism, blood pressure (BP) and family history of hypertension, 133 hypertensive subjects (mean age 50 +/- 9 years, 78 males, 55 females) were selected according to both casual supine BP > 140/90 mmHg and ambulatory BP > 134/88 mmHg. Drug treatment was discontinued 2 weeks before entering the study. Subjects with myocardial ischemia, as well as those with "white coat" hypertension, were excluded. The study population was subclassified according to age < or = 50 years. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene, and the DD genotype was analysed twice. The frequencies of the I and D allele were 42 and 58%, and the distribution of the ID+ II and DD genotypes were 69 and 31% respectively. No significant relation was found among ACE genotypes (DD vs ID+ II) and casual systolic or diastolic BP as well as ambulatory BP, both in the whole study population and in the subpopulation < 50 years old. No difference was found also in the distribution of dippers and no dippers, as well as in the distribution of subjects with a positive family history in the whole sample and hypertensives < 50 years old.
authors.affiliation: Centro Inter Universitario per la Ricerca Cardiovascolare (GIMEC), Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celentano
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crivaro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tammaro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Stefano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliviero
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Palma Esposito
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pietropaolo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tufano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Minno
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: de Divitiis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A