Role of leptin receptor gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to the development of essential hypertension: a case–control association study in a Northern Han Chinese population

In order to explore the potential association between the leptin receptor (LEPR) gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension (EH) risk in the Northern Han Chinese population, we recruited 823 hypertensive subjects and 491 healthy control subjects from the Northern Han Chinese. Genotyping was perfo...

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Main Authors: Liu, Y, Lou, Y-Q, Liu, K, Liu, J-L, Wang, Z-G, Wen, J, Zhao, Q, Wen, S-J, Xiao, L
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4133281/