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Reduced carriership of 4G allele of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism in very young survivors of myocardial infarction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19844663     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There are limited and controversial data regarding the impact of 4G/5G polymorphism of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene in the pathogenesis of premature myocardial infarction (MI). We explored whether 4G/5G polymorphism of the PAI-1 gene is associated with the development of MI <or= 35 years of age. We recruited 201 consecutive patients who had survived their first acute MI <or= 35 years of age (mean age = 32.2 +/- 3.4 years). The control group consisted of 140 healthy individuals matched with cases for age and sex, without a family history of premature coronary heart disease. 4G/5G polymorphism of PAI-1 was tested with polymerase chain reaction and reverse hybridization. 4G allele carriers (4G/4G and 4G/5G genotypes) of PAI-1 were less frequent in patients than in controls (69.6 vs. 83.6%, P = 0.007). 4G carriership of the polymorphism of PAI-1 was associated with lower risk for acute MI (odds ratio 0.45, 95% confidence interval 0.23-0.88, P = 0.02) after adjusting for major cardiovascular risk factors. Patients possessing the 4G allele had higher PAI-1 plasma levels (32.2 +/- 25 vs. 22.2 +/- 11.3 ng/ml, P = 0.006) but lower lipoprotein(a) levels (10.1 [2.1-29.9] vs. 15.3 [8.2-57.1] mg/dl, P = 0.03) compared to 5G/5G homozygotes. Our data indicate that the 4G allele of the PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism is less frequent among survivors of MI at very young age compared with matched controls.
Authors:
Loukianos S Rallidis; Argyri Gialeraki; Efrosyni Merkouri; George Liakos; Nikolaos Dagres; Dimitrios Sionis; Anthi Travlou; John Lekakis; Dimitrios T Kremastinos
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1573-742X     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Thromb. Thrombolysis     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-10     Completed Date:  2010-08-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9502018     Medline TA:  J Thromb Thrombolysis     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  497-502     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. rallidis@ath.forthnet.gr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Alleles*
Female
Homozygote
Humans
Lipoprotein(a) / blood
Male
Myocardial Infarction / blood,  genetics*,  mortality
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / blood,  genetics*
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lipoprotein(a); 0/Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; 0/SERPINE1 protein, human

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