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Article: Nitric oxide deficiency raises cardiovascular disease risk in African Americans.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- July 3, 2004
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2004 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- African Americans suffer from cardiovascular diseases at a rate about five times higher than the rest of the U.S. population. In a new study, scientists may have found a culprit: a serious deficiency of nitric oxide, a small molecule vital in the regulation of blood flow and blood pressure.
The research team, led by Ohio University biochemist Tadeusz Malinski, examined the blood vessel cells of 12 white and 12 black healthy female subjects. Using a system of nanosensors, they discovered that the cardiovascular systems of African American subjects as young as 20 years of age could show signs of an unbalanced nitric oxide ...