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ea0011p352 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006

Association of an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the alpha 2B adrenergic receptor with essential hypertension in diabetic patients

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....