title: Association between polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme gene and hypertension in Turkish type II diabetic patients.
abstract: It has been suggested that an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in intron 16 of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene may be associated with essential hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the association between ACE I/D polymorphism with blood pressure level and hypertension status in Turkish type 2' diabetic subjects. Hundred and seven hypertensive (78 female, 29 male) and 132 normotensive type 2 diabetic subjects (73 female, 59 male) and 138 sex and age matched control subjects (87 female, 51 male) without diabetes and hypertension were included into the study. The I/D polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). There were no statistically difference in genotypic and allelic frequencies of the ACE I/D polymorphism between the hypertensive and normotensive diabetic patients and control subjects. Also no significant differences was detected in systolic and diastolic blood pressure among three different genotypes. ACE I/D polymorphism does not seem to play an important role in the development of hypertension in Turkish type 2 diabetic subjects, but prospective studies may show an association between ACE gene polymorphism and the development of hypertension in diabetic subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Gaziantep University, Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey. araz@gantep.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Araz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aynacioglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aktaran
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alasehirli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Okan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A