Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) 344 C/T polymorphism is associated with left ventricular structure in human arterial hypertension
Christian Delles, MD*,
Jeanette Erdmann, PhD ,
Johannes Jacobi, MD*,
Karl F. Hilgers, MD*,
Eckart Fleck, MD ,
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, MD and
Roland E. Schmieder, MD, FACC*
* Department of Medicine/Nephrology, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany
Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt University and Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany

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Figure 1 Cardiac structure in hypertensive subjects stratified according to the aldosterone synthase promoter 344 C/T polymorphism (filled circles, TT; filled squares, CT; filled triangles, CC). An asterisk (*) indicates significant differences across the respective genotypes (p < 0.05).
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