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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
This study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that deletion/insertion (D/I) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene may contribute to increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). A case-control study was carried out to examine the association between the ACE genotype and the allele frequency in 127 sporadic PD patients compared with 198 healthy controls. The frequency of the homozygote DD genotype of the ACE gene was significantly increased in patients with PD than in the controls (chi(2)=6.09, p=0.048), despite that there was no significant difference in D/I allele frequency (chi(2)=2.25, p=0.133). Moreover, PD patients carrying the homozygote DD genotype were 1.13 times more frequent than subjects without the DD genotype (chi(2)=5.67, 95% CI=1.01-1.25, p=0.017). A stepwise logistic regression analysis of the presence of the DD genotype and data on risk factors for PD confirmed that the homozygote DD genotype was a modest independent risk factor for PD (OR=1.32, 95% CI=1.12-2.16). In addition, there was a trend of increasing number of DD genotype in older PD patients and the modest risk factor of DD genotype in PD was due to the significant difference of the DD homozygosity in old patients with onset age at or after 60 years. In conclusion, results of our study support the hypothesis that the ACE gene may indicate genetic susceptibility to PD, particularly in older individuals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
199
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Genetic Testing, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Taiwan, pubmed-meshheading:12084438-Urban Population
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Association between genetic polymorphism of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Chushang Show-Chwan Hospital, No. 75 Section 2, Chi-Shang Road, Chushang Jenn, Nantou 557, Taiwan. jjlinn@tcts.seed.net.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't