SFRH/BPD/74651/2010 UID/PAM/00417/2013
Funding Information: This study was supported by contract POCTI/38697/MGI/2001 from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal). AIF is recipient of a Ph.D. research fellowship under contract SFRH/BD/8592/2002. The authors are indebted to José Jesus and Miguel Sequeira for valuable criticisms over the data analysis.; Elevated levels of plasma homocysteine, an independent risk factor and a strong predict...
Background: Several polymorphisms within the renin-angiotensin system cluster of genes have been associated with the advent of coronary artery disease (CAD) or related pathologies. We investigated the distribution of 5 of these polymorphisms in order to find any association with CAD development and distinguish if any of the biochemical and behavioural factors interact with genetic polymorphisms in the advent of...