title: Prevalence of activated protein C resistance in the Chinese population.
abstract: In 1996, a total of 1700 subjects, including 461 healthy subjects and 1239 clinic patients, were randomized and consecutively entered into our study. Their mean age was 49.30+/-18.71 years, range 1-99 years. Of them, 1117 were male, and 583 were female. The mean age of the male was 42.96+/-17.64 years, and of the female, 52.60+/-18.41 years. The mean activated protein C ratio in 1700 subjects was 2.96+/-0.69, range 2.00-7.93. None of them had activated protein C ratio <2.0. The mean activated protein C ratio in the male was 2.81+/-0.63, and in the female was 3.04+/-0.71. None of the subjects was found to have activated protein C resistance. DNA analysis for the Arg 506-Gln mutation was also performed on 492 out of the 1700 subjects; none of them had this mutation. We suggested that the Chinese is not a race with the trait of activated protein C resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005165:Factor V / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D015995:Prevalence; D011486:Protein C / Q000502:physiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011486:Protein C; D005165:Factor V