title: Angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in a Serbian population: a gender-specific association with hypertension.
abstract: Human essential hypertension has a multifactorial origin and is caused by a delicate interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental factors. Candidate genes are selected from the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and are physiologically implicated in blood pressure regulation. We investigated the association between insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism at the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) locus and hypertension in a case-control study conducted in a population of Caucasians (175 females, 210 males). Case subjects were those with untreated borderline hypertension. A significant, moderate, male, gender-specific independent association between DD genotype and high blood pressure was found. Adjusted odds ratio (OR) was 2.0 (95% CI, 1.1 to 3.9; p=0.03) in the whole group and 2.5 (95% CI, 1.2 to 5.1; p=0.01) in the group truncated on the basis of age (< or = 50 years). Our findings support the hypothesis that ACE is a gender-specific candidate gene for hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Laboratory for Radiobiology and Molecular Genetics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stanković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zivković
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alavantić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics; D015022:Yugoslavia
chemical_list: D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A