Study of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism, enzyme activity and oxidized low density lipoprotein in Western Iranians with atherosclerosis: a case-control study

Table 6 Comparison of ACE activity and oxLDL level between different ACE I/D polymorphism genotype and groups, analysed by t-test and ANOVA

Genotype	Controls	Patients	P-Value
ACE activity (μmol/min.l)
II	30.67 ± 26.82	56.15 ± 46.11	0.034
ID	36.31 ± 34.69	45.03 ± 38.77	0.002
DD	*50.50 ± 43.77	54.39 ± 40.29	0.646
P-value	0.037	0.181
oxLDL level (U/L)
II	37.34 ± 9.68	41.15 ± 8.12	0.156
ID	34.85 ± 8.5	40.19 ± 11.82	0.002
DD	35.04 ± 9.17	41.33 ± 11.76	0.004
P-value	0.449	0.683

*Significant differences in the enzyme activity level of DD genotype compared to genotype II and ID at 0.05

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