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Genetic Variation in the Renin–Angiotensin System and Abdominal Adiposity in Men: The Olivetti Prospective Heart Study

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2003

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Pasquale Strazzullo, Roberto Iacone, Licia Iacoviello, Ornella Russo, Gianvincenzo Barba, Paola Russo, Andria D’Orazio, Antonio Barbato, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Eduardo Farinaro,

Annals of Internal Medicine

Abstract

The ACE I/D polymorphism was a significant predictor of overweight and abdominal adiposity in men. DD homozygosity was associated with larger increases in body weight and blood pressure in aging persons, as well as with higher incidence of overweight.

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