Survival and CTG repeat expansion in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Muscle Nerve
; 43(5): 648-51, 2011 May.
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| ID: mdl-21484823
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
An association is observed between the severity of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and the genetic abnormality of cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG) repeat expansion. It is unknown whether an association exists between survival and CTG repeat expansion.METHODS:
In an adult 406-patient DM1 cohort, the phenotype, including survival age, was evaluated in relation to CTG repeat expansion.RESULTS:
At study entry, age was 42 ± 12 (range 18-78) years, with a CTG repeat length of 629 ± 386 (range 54-1965). An inverse correlation was observed between CTG repeat length and the age at onset and younger DM1 phenotype. Over a follow-up of 9.2 ± 3.1 years, 118 (29.1%) patients died, including 60 of neuromuscular respiratory failure, 41 of cardiac causes, and 17 of non-neuromuscular, non-cardiac causes. There was an inverse relationship between all-cause survival and CTG length (relative risk 5.4 per log repeat, 95% confidence interval 2.9-10.2, P < 0.001).CONCLUSION:
The data demonstrate a genotype-mortality association in DM1.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Timina
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Expansão das Repetições de Trinucleotídeos
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Citosina
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Guanina
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Muscle Nerve
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos