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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	The association of ACE gene D/I polymorphism with cardiovascular risk factors in a population from Rio de Janeiro	
Autores: 	Cardoso,R.L.; Nogueira,A.R.; Salis,L.H.A.; Ürményi,T.P.; Silva,R.; Moura-Neto,R.S.; Pereira,B.B.; Rondinelli,E.; de Souza e Silva,N.A.	
Data: 	2008-06-01	
Ano: 	2008	
Palavras-chave: 	Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Angiotensin-converting enzyme activity; Albuminuria; Hypertension.	
Resumo: 	Our aim was to determine the frequencies of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene alleles D and I and any associations to cardiovascular risk factors in a population sample from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eighty-four adults were selected consecutively during a 6-month period from a cohort subgroup of a previous large cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro. Anthropometric data and blood pressure measurements, echocardiogram, albuminuria, glycemia, lipid profile, and ACE genotype and serum enzyme activity were determined. The frequency of the ACE*D and I alleles in the population under study, determined by PCR, was 0.59 and 0.41, respectively, and the frequencies of the DD, DI, and II genotypes were 0.33, 0.51, and 0.16, respectively. No association between hypertension and genotype was detected using the Kruskal-Wallis method. Mean plasma ACE activity (U/mL) in the DD (N = 28), DI (N = 45) and II (N = 13) groups was 43 (in males) and 52 (in females), 37 and 39, and 22 and 27, respectively; mean microalbuminuria (mg/dL) was 1.41 and 1.6, 0.85 and 0.9, and 0.6 and 0.63, respectively; mean HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) was 40 and 43, 37 and 45, and 41 and 49, respectively, and mean glucose (mg/dL) was 93 and 108, 107 and 98, and 85 and 124, respectively. A high level of ACE activity and albuminuria, and a low level of HDL cholesterol and glucose, were found to be associated with the DD genotype. Finally, the II genotype was found to be associated with variables related to glucose intolerance.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000600013	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X2008000600013	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.41 n.6 2008	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess