K. Hamano et al., Deletion polymorphism in the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme is nota risk factor predisposing to abdominal aortic aneurysm, EUR J VAS E, 18(2), 1999, pp. 158-161
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
Objective: to establish whether deletion of the angiotensin-converting enzy
me (ACE) Seize is a risk factor predisposing to abdominal aortic aneurysm (
AAA) or nor.
Methods: the study included 125 patients with AAA and 153 controls randomly
selected from 328 individuals. The control subjects were confirmed not to
have an AAA, but matched with the AAA group for age, sex, hypertension, dia
betes mellitus, and hyperlipidaemia. The presence of ACE polymorphism was d
etected by a polymerase chain reaction using DNA extracted from blood.
Results: the distribution of ACE genotypes and allele frequencies in the co
ntrol and AAA groups was not significantly different.
Conclusion: the deletion polymorphism in the ACE gene is not a risk factor
for AAA.