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ArticleGenetic testing and molecular biomarkers2015

Association of a methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism with several blood chemical levels in a Chinese population.

Can Wen, Jiao-Feng Lv, Ling Wang, Wei-Feng Zhu, Fu-Sheng Wan, Xiao-Zhong Wang

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Article in Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Can Wen1 Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University , Nanchang, China .
Jiao-Feng Lv
Ling Wang
Wei-Feng Zhu
Fu-Sheng Wan
Xiao-Zhong Wang
Nanchang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism is associated with hypertension in certain populations. This study investigated the relationship between the MTHFR polymorphism and hypertension and correlated blood lipid indexes, including homocysteine (HCY), lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a)], high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), apolipoprotein A I (Apo AI), Apo B, glucose (GLU), total cholesterol (TC), and triglyceride (TG), in a Chinese population. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 174 patients with hypertension and 634 healthy control individuals from Jiangxi Province were recruited between June 2012 and September 2012 for genotyping of the MTHFR C677T polymorphism using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Biochemical parameters were also assessed in these subjects and statistically compared to the MTHFR C677T polymorphism and the risk for hypertension.

resultsHCY and Lp (a) levels were significantly higher in subjects with a MTHFR 677TT genotype than in those with a CC/CT genotype, independent of hypertension. The frequency of the TT genotype and the T allele in hypertension patients was significantly higher than in the healthy controls. Furthermore, in the male hypertension patient group, the average levels of HCY, HDL, Apo AI, and TC were significantly different from those in female hypertension patients (pHCY=0.001, pHDL=0.004, pApo AI<0.001, pTC=0.012). In the male control group, the average levels of HCY, HDL, Apo AI, GLU, and TC were significantly different from those of female controls (pHCY<0.001, pHDL<0.001, pApo AI<0.001, pGLU=0.001, and pTC=0.004).

conclusionOur data demonstrate that the MTHFR C677T polymorphism is positively correlated with an increased risk of hypertension through an increase in HCY levels. The blood lipid correlative index was different between male and female hypertension patients and controls.

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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleBlood GlucoseChinaFemaleHomocysteineHumansHypertensionLipidsMaleMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Middle AgedBlood GlucoseHomocysteineLipidsMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, human

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PMID25489783
PMCPMC4278168
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