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ABSTRACT: Background
Racial differences in genetic risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) are elucidated, with factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A being prevalent among the Caucasian population but rare among non-Caucasians.Objectives
To assess the worldwide distribution of three gene polymorphisms previously identified as genetic risk factors among East Asian subpopulations: protein S (PS) Tokushima (p.Lys196Glu), protein C (PC) p.Arg189Trp, and PC p.Lys193del.Methods
An international collaborative study group of seven centers in five countries-Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hungary, and Brazil-was created, and genotype analyses were performed. A total of 2850 unrelated individuals (1061 patients with VTE and 1789 controls) were included.Results
PS Tokushima was confined to Japanese patients with VTE (allele frequency, 2.35%) and controls (1.12%), with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.15 (95% confidence interval, 1.16-3.99). PC p.Arg189Trp carriers were prevalent among Chinese and Malay patients with VTE in Singapore, with allele frequencies of 10.53% and 22.73%, respectively. Carriers of PC p.Lys193del were identified among Japanese and Korean patients with VTE (0.87% and 2.35%, respectively) and controls (0.36% and 1.07%, respectively), with the OR for VTE not being significant, and Chinese patients with VTE in Singapore (5.26%). In contrast, no carriers of PS Tokushima and two PC gene variants were found among patients with VTE or controls from Hungary, Brazil, or Indians in Singapore.Conclusion
The three variants were prevalent among East and Southeast Asians, having some differences in geographic distribution, but were absent among Caucasian subpopulations and Brazilians.
SUBMITTER: Tsuda H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7695562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsuda Hiroko H Noguchi Kenta K Oh Doyeun D Bereczky Zsuzsanna Z Lee Lai H LH Kang Dongchon D Dusse Luci M S LMS das G Carvalho Maria M Morishita Eriko E
Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis 20201020 8
<h4>Background</h4>Racial differences in genetic risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) are elucidated, with factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A being prevalent among the Caucasian population but rare among non-Caucasians.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the worldwide distribution of three gene polymorphisms previously identified as genetic risk factors among East Asian subpopulations: protein S (PS) Tokushima (p.Lys196Glu), protein C (PC) p.Arg189Trp, and PC p.Lys193del.<h4>Methods</h4>A ...[more]