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ArticleCureus2023

Comparison of COVID-19 Outcomes With Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Prevalence in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Yılmaz Sezgin, Sinan Becel, Aşkın K Kaplan

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yılmaz SezginFamily Medicine, Istanbul Training Research Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.
Sinan BecelEmergency Medicine, Bahçelievler State Hospital, Istanbul, TUR.
Aşkın K KaplanFamily Medicine, Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TUR.

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Abstract

Introduction We hypothesized that the geographic distributions of COVID-19 and alpha-1 antitrypsin alleles prevalence are similar. We investigate whether there is a relationship between the geographical density of the COVID-19 pandemic and the distributions of alpha-1 antitrypsin alleles. Methods This research is a cross-sectional study. Alpha-1 antitrypsin PI*MS, PI*MZ, PI*SS, PI*SZ, and PI*ZZ genotypes frequencies of European countries were compared with the case and death data related to the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 1, 2022.  Results A significant relationship was found between the rates of COVID-19 cases and the rates of individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin PI*MS, PI*MZ, PI*SS, PI*SZ, and PI*ZZ genotypes allele in European countries. Conclusions The findings showed that the prevalence distribution of the alleles of the gene defect that causes alpha-1 antitrypsin insufficiency is related to the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic data.

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alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencycovid-19europapandemiaprevalence

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PMCPMC9968998

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