title: Lack of association between Y chromosome Alu insertion polymorphism and hypertension.
abstract: There is an inherited paternal predisposition to hypertension. Y chromosome alphoid satellite variation was recently reported to be linked to diastolic blood pressure. To determine whether there is also a Y chromosome marker linked to hypertension, we investigated the prevalence of the Y chromosome Alu insertion polymorphism (YAP) at DYS287 and its association with hypertension in the Aomori population in the northern area of Honshu Island, Japan. YAP was present in 98 of 285 male residents and absent in the rest. The YAP prevalence in the present study would appear to suggest that the present study population represents the general male population in central Japan. Within the study population, there were 110 hypertensive subjects and 104 normotensive subjects. YAP frequency in the hypertensive subjects was not different from that in the normotensive subjects. These results suggest that the YAP is not likely to be a genetic-susceptibility factor for hypertension in the Aomori population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan. msji@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsutaya
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Keiya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasujima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020087:Alu Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012016:Reference Values; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements