{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6(4)"],"submitter":["Lou Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene has been widely researched as a candidate gene for essential hypertension (EH), but no consensus has been reached in different ethnicities. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible association between the ADRB2 gene polymorphisms and the EH risk in the Northern Han Chinese population.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>This study included 747 hypertensive subjects and 390 healthy volunteers as control subjects in the Northern Han Chinese. Genotyping was performed to identify the C-47T, A46G and C79G polymorphisms of the ADRB2 gene. G allelic frequency of A46G polymorphism was significantly higher in hypertensive subjects (P = 0.011, OR = 1.287, 95%CI [1.059-1.565]) than that in controls. Significant association "],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e18590"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3071737"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Association study of the β2-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms and hypertension in the Northern Han Chinese."],"pmcid":["PMC3071737"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu Y","Liu J","Li Y","Liu K","Li Z","Guo Y","Niu Q","Gu W","Lou Y","Wen S","Wang Z","Wu H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Association study of the β2-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms and hypertension in the Northern Han Chinese.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene has been widely researched as a candidate gene for essential hypertension (EH), but no consensus has been reached in different ethnicities. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible association between the ADRB2 gene polymorphisms and the EH risk in the Northern Han Chinese population.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>This study included 747 hypertensive subjects and 390 healthy volunteers as control subjects in the Northern Han Chinese. Genotyping was performed to identify the C-47T, A46G and C79G polymorphisms of the ADRB2 gene. G allelic frequency of A46G polymorphism was significantly higher in hypertensive subjects (P = 0.011, OR = 1.287, 95%CI [1.059-1.565]) than that in controls. Significant association ","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T14:21:06.41Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:12:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3071737","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21483652"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0018590"]}}