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Thromb Haemost ; 77(5): 818-21, 1997 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9184384

ABSTRACT

Mild hyperhomocysteinemia has been identified as a risk factor for arterial disease and for venous thrombosis. Individuals homozygous for the thermolabile variant of the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR) which results from a common mutation Ala677-->Val and is found in 5-15% of the general population, have significantly elevated plasma homocysteine levels and may account for one of the genetic risk factors in vascular disease. We have analyzed the prevalence of MTHFR-T homozygotes in patients with arterial disease or venous thrombosis. We studied 191 patients with arterial disease and 127 individuals with venous thrombosis and compared with 296 unmatched controls. The results showed that there was a high prevalence of homozygotes for the mutated MTHFR-T allele among a group of patients with arterial disease (19%) in the absence of hyperlipoproteinemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus when compared to controls (4%), odds ratio of 5.52 (95% C.I., 2.27 to 13.51). The prevalence of homozygotes among patients with venous thrombosis was 11%, odds ratio of 2l93 (95% C.I., 1.23 to 7.01). The risk of venous thrombosis remained high, odds ratio of 2.63, even after we excluded 27 patients with hereditary thrombophilia (e.g. factor V Leiden, dysfibrinogenemia, deficiency of protein C, protein S, antithrombin III, or factor XII) from the 127 overall cases with venous thrombosis. These data support the hypothesis that being a homozygote for the MTHFR-T is a risk factor for the development of arterial disease and also for venous thrombosis.


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Arterial Occlusive Diseases/epidemiology , Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors/genetics , Point Mutation , Thrombophlebitis/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Alanine , Arterial Occlusive Diseases/enzymology , Arterial Occlusive Diseases/genetics , Biomarkers/blood , Cholesterol/blood , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Genotype , Homocysteine/blood , Homozygote , Humans , Hyperlipoproteinemias/blood , Hyperlipoproteinemias/epidemiology , Infant, Newborn , Male , Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) , Middle Aged , Risk Factors , Thrombophlebitis/enzymology , Thrombophlebitis/genetics , Triglycerides/blood , Valine
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Bol. Soc. Bras. Hematol. Hemoter ; 11(152): 36-41, abr.-jun. 1989. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-115237

ABSTRACT

Com a finalidade de verificar a freqüência de deficiência de antitrombina III (ATIII) em doentes portadores de trombose venosa profunda (TVP) em nosso meio, a atividade dessa proteína anticoagulante plasmática foi medida por método funcional em 97 pacientes com TVP diagnosticada por flebografia. Essa medida foi realizada na vigência de tratamento com Warfarin Sódico em 41 pacientes, 2 a 3 meses após a suspensäo desse tratamento em 30 doentes e antes e após o tratamento com 26 doentes. Essa dosagem foi também realizada em familiares de pacientes que apresentavam deficiência de ATIII e, como controle, em 60 voluntários clinicamente sadios. A média da atividade da ATIII nos voluntários normais foi de 99,3 ñ 15,0%. Na vigência do tratamento anticoagulante, essa média foi de 100,8 ñ 17,4% e após o tratamento de 89,5 ñ 19,8%. A média verificada nos pacientes, após o término do tratamento, foi significantemente menor que a média na vigência do tratamento e do que a média dos controles normais. Três pacientes na vigência do tratamento e oito, após a suspensäo do mesmo, apresentaram valores de ATIII menor do que a média dos normais, menos dois desvios-padräo. Os familiares de 3 pacientes com deficiência de ATIII apresentaram valores de ATIII dentor da faixa considerada normal


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Antithrombin III/deficiency , Thrombophlebitis/enzymology , Thrombophlebitis/blood , Thrombophlebitis/drug therapy , Warfarin/therapeutic use
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