Association of High Altitude Hypertension with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism

  • Digvijay K
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The study included ACE gene I/D polymorphism and its association between high altitude hypertension. Genetic, biochemical, anthropometric and Physiometeric results were analyzed using statistical software. The results were non-significant for I/D polymorphism. Objective: ACEis the major enzyme of hypertension and with most commonly reviewed I/D polymorphism. High-altitude exposes various physiological and biochemical changes, which contributes a rise in systemic blood pressure of the body. There are very few studies available in North-India, with a core focus on the high altitude hypertension. Therefore, a current study supported an interest to find out the association of high altitude hypertension with ACE gene I/D polymorphism. Methods: to study the significant association with respect to altitude, genetic, biochemical, anthropometric and physio-metric comparison were conducted among 98 individuals where 489nbeing hypertensive patients and other half being normotensive, inclusive of both males and females. The entire results were finally examined and analyzed using statistical software SPSS 16.0 version. Results: According to study results, mean arterial blood pressure and triglycerides were significantly (p<0.05) associated with SBP among both hypertensive and normotensives. Whereas HDL, LDL-HDL ratio, CHO-HDL were significantly associated only among hypertensive, and age, PP, and SpO2 have been significantly (p<0.05) associated with SBP among normotensive, a strong predictor for SBP. Conclusion: The genotypic observations were visibly linked with the disease, however, the results were statistically non-significant (ID/DD vs. II; OR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.20-1.44, p= 0.217). A further study with considerate knowledge of noteworthy dynamics, mainly, altitude, population size, and ethnicity are recommended.

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Digvijay, K. (2017). Association of High Altitude Hypertension with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism. Urology & Nephrology Open Access Journal, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.15406/unoaj.2017.05.00155

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