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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2021

Correlation between plasma homocysteine and first myocardial infarction in young patients: Case-control study in Constanta County, Romania.

Cristina Nedelcu, Mihaela Ionescu, Anca Pantea-Stoian, Daniel Niţă, Lucian Petcu, Laura Mazilu, Andra-Iulia Suceveanu, Liliana-Ana Tuţă, Irinel-Raluca Parepa

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Cristina NedelcuCardiology Department, Constanta County Army Hospital, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Mihaela IonescuDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Anca Pantea-StoianDepartment of Metabolic Diseases of the Clinical Emergency Hospital, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniel NiţăDepartment of Interventional Cardiology, Army's Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, 010825 Bucharest, Romania.
Lucian PetcuDepartment of Biophysics, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanta, Romania.
Laura MaziluDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Andra-Iulia SuceveanuDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Liliana-Ana TuţăDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Irinel-Raluca ParepaDepartment of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Ovidius' University of Constanţa, 900527 Constanţa, Romania.
Ovidius University · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROConstanta Maritime University · RO

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Abstract

An elevated level of total plasma homocysteine has been associated with a higher risk of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The aim of our research was to study the relation between homocysteine and myocardial infarction (MI) in young patients. We conducted a case-control study in Constanţa County, Romania including 61 patients, divided in two groups. The first group, the MI group, consisted of 28 patients, male (67.9%) and female (32.1%) aged less than 45 years who were consecutively admitted to the Intensive Coronary Care Unit of the Emergency County Hospital of Constanţa from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018 (12 months), with an established diagnosis of first acute MI. The second group, the control group, included 33 patients, male (75.8%) and female (24.2%) aged less than 45 years, with cardiovascular risk factors and/or stable angina pectoris that were consecutively addressed for ambulatory cardiac evaluation at the Outpatient Clinic of Emergency County Hospital of Constanţa during the same period. Fasting plasma homocysteine was determined in both groups, within 24 h after MI onset, respectively after first cardiac exam in the controls. High homocysteine was statistically confirmed to be a risk factor in the study group, especially in association with smoking, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and to a lesser extent with diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23. The procedures used included descriptive statistics, parametric statistical tests (Independent sample t-test), non-parametric statistical tests [Chi-square test of the association, with the evaluation of odds ratio (OR)]; the significance level used in the analysis (P

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arteriosclerosisatherosclerosishomocysteinemyocardial infarctionpatients less than 45 years

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PMID33363612
PMCPMC7725006
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