title: Prevalence of prothrombin 20210A allele and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genetic mutations in the Chinese population.
abstract: From July 1997 to June 1998, a total of 1323 subjects, including 1180 controls, 94 patients with diabetes mellitus, and 49 patients with deep-vein thrombosis, varying in age and gender, were consecutively entered into our study. Their mean (+/- SD) age was 50.0 +/- 18.0 years, range 1-99 years; 930 were male and 393 were female. None of the subjects was found to have abnormal prothrombin 20210A allele mutation. In total, 150 subjects (11.3%) were found to have a homozygous 677 C-->T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene, in which 125 were controls (10.6%), 17 were diabetics (18.1%) and 8 were patients with deep-vein thrombosis (16.3%). However, 524 subjects (39.6%) were found to have a heterozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677 C-->T mutation. We suggested that the Chinese race dose not have the prothrombin 20210A allele, but can carry the 677 C-->T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. chho@vghtpe.gov.tw
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2); D008875:Middle Aged; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics*; D017354:Point Mutation; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000235:genetics*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011516:Prothrombin; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)