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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Male (n = 185) and female (n = 49) survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) below 56 and 61 years of age, respectively, were compared to 366 controls with respect to distribution of genotypes in an insertion/deletion (ID) polymorphism at the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) locus. The frequency of the DD genotype (homozygosity for the deletion allele) was significantly lower among male patients than controls (22.7% versus 34.9%, p = 0.011). In a "low-risk" group, defined as having less than the sex-specific, age-adjusted median values of body mass index (BMI) and apolipoprotein B (apoB), respectively, and absence of treatment with lipid-lowering drugs, the prevalence of the DD genotype was not statistically different between male patients and controls. In a male "high-risk" group (those individuals who had not been defined as "low-risk" subjects), the prevalence of the DD genotype was 20.9% in patients and 38.3% in controls (p = 0.002). In women, no significant differences in genotype frequencies between patients and controls were found in the whole sample or in any subgroup. These results appear to be at variance with data reported recently by Cambien et al. (1992). The difference may be due to chance, undetected selection biases, different gene-environment interactions between Norway and France or Ireland, or to preferential loss of DD individuals in our male "high-risk" group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0009-9163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
292-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Apolipoproteins B, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Norway, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8131299-Sex Factors
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism at the locus for angiotensin I-converting enzyme and myocardial infarction.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't