“…The ACE gene deletion polymorphism (DD genotype) is associated with the largest amount of angiotensin converting enzyme and angiotensin II, which has hemodynamic, growth, and prosclerotic effects [7]. The ACE DD genotype has been suggested as an independent cardiovascular risk factor [8,9,10] and also as a predictor of progressive glomerulosclerosis in diabetic nephropathy [11,12,13], IgA nephropathy [14,15,16], and other chronic renal diseases [17,18,19,20,21]. In VUR, contradictory results were reported for the ACE gene polymorphism and reflux nephropathy [22,23].…”