Abstract:Background: Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), including gestational hypertension (GH) and preeclampsia (PE), might share pathophysiologic mechanisms and genetic risk factors with hypertension. This study aimed to investigate whether genetic risk factors for hypertension also been associated with PIH.
Methods: This is a case control candidate gene association study. A total of 84 cases with GH, 108 cases with PE, and 192 age-matched (±1 year) controls were recruited from the Liuyang Municipal Hospital of Ma… Show more
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