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To the Editor: Lindpaintner et al. (March 16 issue)¹ conclude that the presence of the angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) genotype does not alter the risk of myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease. We think that the results of their study may have been influenced by the use of ACE inhibitors, which reduce the level of ACE in the blood.² During the period from 1982 to 1992, when ACE inhibitors were widely used to treat hypertension, 28.1 percent of the case patients and 16.7 percent of the controls had hypertension.

The use of ACE inhibitors would tend to obscure the effect . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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