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ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2020

Preliminary study between Y chromosome haplogroups and chagasic cardiomyopathy manifestations in patients with Chagas disease.

Oscar Lassen, Sandra Tabares, Patricia Bertolotto, Silvia Ojeda, Adela Sembaj

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Article in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Oscar LassenCordoba Hospital, Semiology Department UHMI 3, Chagas and Hypertension Office, Córdoba, Argentina.
Sandra TabaresSchool of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, UNC, Cordoba, Argentina.
Patricia BertolottoSchool of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Silvia OjedaSchool of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Adela SembajSchool of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, UNC, Cordoba, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0651-6820
Argentine National Observatory · ARUniversidad Nacional de Córdoba · ARServicio Diabetología Hospital Córdoba · AR

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introductionAmong patients with Chagas disease, men have a higher risk of worse pathological symptoms than women. We aimed to explore the role of the Y chromosome in men diagnosed with Chagas disease and assess the relationship between their ancestry and disease status.

methodsIn this comparative study, we analyzed 150 men with unrelated non-chagasic disease (nCD) and 150 men with unrelated chagasic disease (CD). We assessed the serological diagnosis of Chagas disease, biochemical parameters, thoracic X-rays, electrocardiogram, and transthoracic echocardiography and determined the haplogroup by analyzing a set of 17 microsatellites from the Y chromosome. We examined the associations between common Y chromosome haplogroups and the clinical parameters of risk by logistic regression.

resultsFor all patients, the most common haplogroups were R1b (43%), G2a (9%), and E1b1b (9%). The R1b and G2a haplogroup was more frequent in men with nCD and CD, respectively. As expected, we observed a high proportion of symptomatic patients in the CD group independent of the haplogroups. Men from both groups classified as having the R1b haplogroup showed less clinical evidence of disease. Multivariate analysis showed that CD patients without R1b were about five times more likely to have a cardio-thorax index >0.5% (OR [odds ratio] = 5.1, 95% CI [confidence interval] = 3.31-8.17). Men without the R1b haplogroup were 2.5 times more likely to show EcoCG alterations (OR = 2.50, 95% CI = 0.16-3.94).

conclusionsOur results provided evidence that the R1b haplogroup may have a potential protective cardiovascular effect for its carriers.

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CardiomyopathiesChagas DiseaseChromosomes, Human, YFemaleHaplotypesHumansMaleOdds Ratio

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