title: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism, type II diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and essential hypertension in the Czech population.
abstract: Increased plasma concentrations of homocysteine have been found in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and essential hypertension (EH) and in patients with diabetic complications. The 677C/T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism is related to the MTHFR enzyme activity and to the plasma homocysteine concentration. This study was designed to investigate an association of this polymorphism with CAD, EH, and type II diabetes mellitus in the Czech population. The MTHFR genotypes were assessed by the polymerase chain reaction-based methodology in a sample of 1199 unrelated Caucasian subjects with CAD, EH, type II diabetes, or a combination of these diseases, and in healthy subjects. Allele frequencies of the MTHFR polymorphism differed considerably between women with and without type II diabetes mellitus (P = 0.00069), with a higher frequency of the C allele in the diabetic women. In addition, the MTHFR T allele frequency was significantly higher in normotensive subjects with CAD compared with normotensive subjects without this disease (P = 0.020). Both associations were confirmed by multiple logistic regressions. In conclusion, while the C allele of the 677C/T MTHFR polymorphism is associated with type II diabetes mellitus in women, the T allele is associated with CAD only in normotensive subjects of Czech origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Physiology, University Hospital Brno-Bohunice, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muzík
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Groch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benedík
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elbl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Izakovicová-Hollá
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasků
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Znojil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vácha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D018153:Czech Republic; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2); D008875:Middle Aged; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)