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ABSTRACT: Background
Relative little attention has been devoted until now to the combined effects of gene polymorphisms of the hemostatic pathway as risk factors for Myocardial Infarction (MI), the main thrombotic complication of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined effect of ten common prothrombotic polymorphisms as a determinant of MI.Methodology/principal findings
We studied a total of 804 subjects, 489 of whom with angiographically proven severe CAD, with or without MI (n = 307; n = 182; respectively). An additive model considering ten common polymorphisms [Prothrombin 20210G>A, PAI-1 4G/5G, Fibrinogen beta -455G>A, FV Leiden and "R2", FVII -402G>A and -323 del/ins, Platelet ADP Receptor P2Y12 -744T>C, Platelet Glycoproteins Ia (873G>A), and IIIa (1565T>C)] was tested. The prevalence of MI increased linearly with an increasing number of unfavorable alleles (chi(2) for trend = 10.68; P = 0.001). In a multiple logistic regression model, the number of unfavorable alleles remained significantly associated with MI after adjustment for classical risk factors. As compared to subjects with 3-7 alleles, those with few (/=8) alleles had an increased MI risk (OR 2.49, 95%CIs 1.03-6.01). The number of procoagulant alleles correlated directly (r = 0.49, P = 0.006) with endogenous thrombin potential.Conclusions
The combination of prothrombotic polymorphisms may help to predict MI in patients with advanced CAD.
SUBMITTER: Martinelli N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2211406 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martinelli Nicola N Trabetti Elisabetta E Pinotti Mirko M Olivieri Oliviero O Sandri Marco M Friso Simonetta S Pizzolo Francesca F Bozzini Claudia C Caruso Pier Paolo PP Cavallari Ugo U Cheng Suzanne S Pignatti Pier Franco PF Bernardi Francesco F Corrocher Roberto R Girelli Domenico D
PloS one 20080206 2
<h4>Background</h4>Relative little attention has been devoted until now to the combined effects of gene polymorphisms of the hemostatic pathway as risk factors for Myocardial Infarction (MI), the main thrombotic complication of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined effect of ten common prothrombotic polymorphisms as a determinant of MI.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We studied a total of 804 subjects, 489 of whom with angiographically proven se ...[more]