THE RELATION BETWEEN HYPERTENSION AND ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME
GENOTYPE IN IRAQI

Israa Adnan Ibraheam*, Tsahel Hamed Al-dulaimi*, Sabreen Kamal Abd alameer*, Zainab Khudhur
Ahmad Al-Mahdi**, Hawraa Wahab Aziz*, Amal Raqib Shimran*
*College of Science for Women, University of Babylon, **College of Dentistry, University of Babylon

ABSTRACT
The source of most common chronic condition attributed to high blood pressure or hypertension, which affect about
20%–30% of the adult males and female’s population. The present study is aimed to determine the association, of
angiotensin converting enzyme genotype with Iraqis’ hypertensive patients. The study was carried out on 30 Iraqi
patients having hypertension and 30 healthy subjects as control. Blood samples were collected from both patients
and the healthy subjects, DNA from the patients and control specimens were isolated, Detecting of ACE insertion
deletion genotype was done by polymerase chain reaction. The results show association between ACE genotype
with hypertension DD genotype was increase in patients than control. The present study reported the relation
between angiotensin converting enzyme genotype among Iraqis’ hypertensive patients.