STUDY OF THE DOUBLE POLYMORPHISM (THR 555ILE) AND (GLU568PRO) OF THE CORIN GENE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN A POPULATION OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN GUADELOUPE

Inclusion Criteria

• •Persons affiliated with or benefiting from a social security plan;
• •Over 18 years of age;
• •Considering themselves to be of Afro-Caribbean descent;
• •Having given their free, informed, written and signed consent (at the latest on the day of inclusion and before any examination required by the research);
• •Treated for hypertension or presenting with hypertension according to recommendations: elevated blood pressure (BP), including systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mmHg measured in the physician's office and confirmed over several visits on the day of inclusion or diagnosis made by ABPM or self-measurement.
• •Individuals affiliated with or benefiting from a social security plan;
• •Over 18 years of age;
• •Patients who consider themselves of Afro-Caribbean origin, of the same sex as the cases and ± 5 years of age, not treated for hypertension and not presenting with hypertension according to the HAS recommendations on the day of the inclusion visit. Controls will be recruited by the same GPs who included a person with hypertension, consulting for any other symptom
• •Having given their free, informed, written and signed consent (at the latest on the day of inclusion and before any examination required by the research);