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An insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene accounting for half the variance of serum enzyme levels.

1990 • 3,809 citations

The Increasing Disparity in Mortality between Socioeconomic Groups in the United States, 1960 and 1986

1993 • 1,551 citations

PCR detection of the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the human angiotensin converting enzyme gene (DCP1) (dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase 1)

1992 • 1,280 citations

A Multiethnic Cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: Baseline Characteristics

2000 • 964 citations

A Prospective Evaluation of an Angiotensin-Converting–Enzyme Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease

1995 • 920 citations

Association between a Deletion Polymorphism of the Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Gene and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

1994 • 757 citations

Angiotensin II induces smooth muscle cell proliferation in the normal and injured rat arterial wall.

1991 • 751 citations

Racial Differences in the Use of Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical System

1993 • 515 citations

Angiotensin-converting enzyme DD genotype in patients with ischaemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

1993 • 426 citations

Racial Differences in the Incidence of Cardiac Arrest and Subsequent Survival

1993 • 424 citations

Excess Mortality among Blacks and Whites in the United States

1996 • 363 citations

Effect of Race on the Presentation and Management of Patients with Acute Chest Pain

1993 • 308 citations

The Effect of Known Risk Factors on the Excess Mortality of Black Adults in the United States

1990 • 297 citations

Mortality Rates and Risk Factors for Coronary Disease in Black as Compared with White Men and Women

1993 • 277 citations

Deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene is associated with serum ACE concentration and increased risk for CAD in the Japanese.

1994 • 276 citations

Mortality differences between black and white men in the USA: contribution of income and other risk factors among men screened for the MRFIT

1998 • 242 citations

The angiotensin I converting enzyme gene and predisposition to high blood pressure.

1993 • 239 citations

The Association between Birthplace and Mortality from Cardiovascular Causes among Black and White Residents of New York City

1996 • 221 citations

Absence of Association or Genetic Linkage between the Angiotensin-Converting–Enzyme Gene and Left Ventricular Mass

1996 • 182 citations

A DNA Variant at the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene Locus Associates With Coronary Artery Disease in the Caerphilly Heart Study

1995 • 179 citations

Angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism

1994 • 179 citations

Determinants of Hypertension in West Africa: Contribution of Anthropometric and Dietary Factors to Urban-Rural and Socioeconomic Gradients

1996 • 144 citations

Frequency of a Deletion Polymorphism in the Gene for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Is Increased in African-Americans With Hypertension

1994 • 142 citations

Racial Differences in Aldosterone Excretion and Plasma Aldosterone Concentrations in Children

1989 • 136 citations

Differing Mechanisms of Action of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Black and White Hypertensive Patients

1995 • 135 citations

Racial Difference in the Relationship of an Angiotensin I–Converting Enzyme Gene Polymorphism to Serum Angiotensin I– Converting Enzyme Activity

1996 • 133 citations

Polymorphisms of Renin-Angiotensin Genes Among Nigerians, Jamaicans, and African Americans

1996 • 105 citations

Mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke for six ethnic groups in California, 1985 to 1990

1995 • 91 citations

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1994 • 84 citations

Blood pressure in a high school population

1977 • 81 citations

Prevalence of hypertension in the urban and rural Zulu.

1982 • 76 citations

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in blacks and whites: the Minnesota Heart Survey.

1988 • 71 citations

Blood pressure in youth from four ethnic groups: The pasadena prevention project

1994 • 50 citations

The Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and Blood Pressure in Jamaicans

1997 • 46 citations

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Deletion Polymorphism Is Associated with Hypertension in a Sikh Population

1997 • 33 citations

A deletion in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene is common among African Americans with essential hypertension

1996 • 23 citations

Risk factors and mortality among black, Caucasian, and Latina women with acute myocardial infarction

1993 • 16 citations