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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
While tobacco smoking is the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) only a fraction of smokers go on to develop the disease. We investigated the relationship between the insertion (I)--deletion (D) polymorphisms in the Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and the risk of developing COPD in smokers by determining the distribution of the ACE genotypes (DD, ID and II) in 151 life-long male smokers. 74 of the smokers had developed COPD (62 +/- 2 years; FEV1 44 +/- 6% reference) whereas the rest retained normal lung function (56 +/- 2 yrs; FEV1 95 +/- 3% reference). In addition, we genotyped 159 males recruited randomly from the general population. The prevalence of the DD genotype was highest (p = 0.01) in the smokers that developed COPD and its presence was associated with a 2-fold increase in the risk for COPD (OR 2.2; IC95% 1.1 to 5.5). Surprisingly, the 151 individuals in the smoking population did not demonstrate Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium unlike the 159 recruited from the general population. Our results suggest that ACE polymorphisms are associated with both the smoking history of an individual and their risk of developing COPD.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1176-9106
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene polymorphisms, smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
pubmed:affiliation
IUNICS-Unitat d'Investigació, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't