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The study was undertaken to determine whether polymorphic variants of the α-adducin gene are associated with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) in elderly Australian Caucasians. Participants were classified with ISH (n = 87, systolic blood pressure (SBP) ⩾160 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ⩽90 mm Hg) or normotension (n = 124, SBP <140 mm hg and dbp <90 mm hg with no family history of hypertension). to collect demographic data, a structured questionnaire was used. dna was extracted using standard techniques from 211 subjects (age range 61–89, mean age 73 ± 6.6 years, male: female ratio 1.1:1). genotypes (gly/gly, trp/gly and trp/trp) were assigned in triplicate by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) followed by electrophoresis, using a laser scanning electrophoresis unit. the validity of the method was confirmed by sequencing. frequencies of allele distribution in ish or control groups were determined by chi-square tests and a stepwise logistic regression model, which controlled for potential confounders, was used to examine any independent association between α-adducin genotypes or alleles with ish and normotensive controls. mean bp (± s.d.) was: 170/79.8 ± 14.9/8.3 mm hg and 122.1/ 73.4 ± 8.8/7.6 mm hg in the ish and normotension groups respectively. the unadjusted allele and genotypes frequencies were not significantly different in the ish patients groups compared with normotensive controls (χ2 = 1.59, P = 0.45 and χ2 = 1.23, P = 0.28 respectively). In this elderly cohort, after adjustment for potential confounders, no statistically significant association was found between α-adducin genotype and SBP (P = 0.65 for homozygotes, P = 0.59, for heterozygotes), DBP (P = 0.49 homozygotes, for heterozygotes P = 0.45) pulse pressure (P = 0.87 homozygotes, for heterozygotes P = 0.95) diagnosis of ISH (P = 0.72 for homozygotes, P = 0.68 for heterozygotes). However age and renal disease predicted the diagnosis of ISH (P = 0.001, P = 0.459, respectively), a large pulse pressure (P < 0.0001, P = 0.033, respectively) and a higher SBP (P < 0.0001, P = 0.025, respectively) in this large cohort of elderly Australian Caucasian volunteers.
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Alam, S., Liyou, N., Davis, D. et al. The 460Trp polymorphism of the human α-adducin gene is not associated with isolated systolic hypertension in elderly Australian Caucasians. J Hum Hypertens 14, 199–203 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1000944
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