title: Candidate gene polymorphisms and their association with hypertension in Malays.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Knowledge of candidate gene polymorphisms in a population is useful for a variety of gene-disease association studies, particularly for some complex traits. A single nucleotide variant of the angiotensinogene gene (AGT M235T) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (eNOS G894T) have been associated with hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study consisting of 200 hypertensives and 198 age- and sex-matched controls was conducted. Subjects involved in this study were pure Malay for 3 generations. The AGT M235T and eNOS G894T polymorphisms were determined by PCR-RFLP method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distribution of M235T genotype in the population was 3.5% for MM, 30.4% for MT and 66.1% for TT. No significant difference was observed in genotype (chi(2)=1.30, p=0.52) and allele (chi(2)=0.87, p=0.35) frequencies among the 2 study group. In contrast, the distribution of genotypes for G894T was 74.1% for GG, 24.6% for GT and 1.3% for TT, respectively. Similarly, no significant difference was observed in genotype (chi(2)=0.94, p=0.33) and allele (chi(2)=0.60, p=0.44) frequencies between both study groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The AGT M235T and eNOS G894T polymorphisms are unlikely to play an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension in Malays.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Dzuzaini M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ghazali
authors.forename: Asia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Abdul Rashid A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000808:Angiotensinogen; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III