Association of the Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase Gene Val158Met Polymorphism With Blood Pressure and Prevalence of Hypertension: Interaction With Dietary Energy Intake | Zendy

Nay Chi Htun | Zendy; Koichi Miyaki | Zendy; Yaling Song | Zendy; S Ikeda | Zendy; Takuro Shimbo | Zendy; Masaaki Muramatsu | Zendy

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Association of the Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase Gene Val158Met Polymorphism With Blood Pressure and Prevalence of Hypertension: Interaction With Dietary Energy Intake

Author(s) -

Nay Chi Htun,

Koichi Miyaki,

Yaling Song,

S Ikeda,

Takuro Shimbo,

Masaaki Muramatsu

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2011.93

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , rs4680 , odds ratio , confidence interval , endocrinology , polymorphism (computer science) , allele , genetics , gene , biology

Previous studies of a functional variant of the catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) gene, Val158Met, have provided inconsistent results with regard to blood pressure or hypertension. We examined the effect of this variant, the considering environmental factors of daily salt and energy intakes.

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