Association of ACE2 polymorphisms with susceptibility to essential hypertension and dyslipidemia in Xinjiang, China

Background Cardiovascular benefits by reversing environmental risks factors for essential hypertension (EH) and dyslipidemia could be weaken by high genetic risk. We investigated possible associations between ACE2 polymorphisms and dyslipidemia in patients with EH. Methods Four hundred and two hypertensive patients were enrolled in an EH group and 233 normotensive individuals were enrolled as control group from the Xinjiang region of China. Fourteen ACE2 polymorphisms were genotyped by Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Results Participants carrying T allele (TT + CT) of rs2074192 (P = 0.006), rs4646155 (P = 0.030) and rs4646188 (P