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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Although the plasma platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase (pPAF-AH) gene (PLA2G7) polymorphisms are reportedly associated with atherosclerotic diseases, their effects in hypertensive patients have not been well examined. Thus, we genotyped V279F, a loss-of-function mutation commonly seen in the Japanese, and I198T and A379V commonly seen in Caucasians, and investigated the (1) ethnic differences in the frequencies and (2) association of these variants with prevalence of carotid plaque in 733 treated hypertensive Japanese patients. The distribution of V279F (V allele 75.1% and F allele 24.9%) in hypertensive patients was similar to that previously reported in the healthy Japanese; however, allele frequencies of I198T (I allele 71.7% and T allele 28.3%) and A379V (A allele 84.7% and V allele 15.3%) were markedly different from those reported in Caucasians. In addition, V279F and I198T showed a strong linkage disequilibrium (D'=1.0, r(2)=0.89). The phenotypes showed no difference among genotypes for each polymorphism except for the blood pressure level in I198T in women. Carotid plaque was significantly more prevalent in subjects with 279F and 198T than in those with the wild type among men but not women, whereas A379V did not affect it. In multivariate logistic regression analyses, 279F and 198T were detected as an independent risk factor even after adjustments for other atherosclerotic risk factors in men. Taken together, our data suggest an ethnic difference and the possible involvement of genetic polymorphisms of PLA2G7 in the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in the hypertensive Japanese, especially in men.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1348-4214
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1112-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Carotid Artery Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Phospholipases A2, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19763134-Sex Distribution
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of PLA2G7 polymorphisms with carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive Japanese.
pubmed:affiliation
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. ymiwa@clipharm.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't