ea0011p352 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006
Papazoglou DP
, Papatheodorou KP
, Papanas NP
, Papazoglou LP
, Papathanasiou PP
, Exiara TE
, Christakidis DC
, Maltezos EM
Background: The alpha2B adrenoceptor gene, a candidate gene for essential hypertension, harbours a functional insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of three glutamate residues.Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of the D allele is associated with hypertension in Greek patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Patients-methods: One hundred and twenty-nine hypertensive (64 male, mean age: 66....