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SUBMITTER: Shafiu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480975 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shafiu Mohamed M Johnson Richard J RJ Turner Stephen T ST Langaee Taimour T Gong Yan Y Chapman Arlene B AB Gums John G JG Johnson Julie A JA
Kidney & blood pressure research 20120608 6
<h4>Background/aims</h4>Hyperuricemia is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. URAT1 is a urate transporter, and we tested the association of URAT1 transporter gene (SLC22A12) polymorphisms with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in hypertensive subjects.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with essential hypertension (n = 414) from a randomized controlled study were genotyped for SLC22A12 SNPs rs11602903, rs505802 and rs11231825.<h4>Results</h4>In Caucasians, SLC22A12 SNPs were associated wit ...[more]