title: [A linkage between beta-fibrinogen gene -148C/T polymorphism and cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the linkage between -148C/T polymorphism of beta-fibrinogen gene and plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with acute cerebral infarction.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty-one patients with cerebral infarction and 101 healthy individuals were enrolled in this trial. The beta-fibrinogen gene -148C/T polymorphism was analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and plasma fibrinogen levels were obtained from prothrombin time assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Plasma fibrinogen levels of patients were significantly higher than those of controls (P<0.01). In both groups, T allele carriers had higher plasma fibrinogen levels than other those did (P<0.01); and the fibrinogen level difference was still significant if both groups was based on their sex (P<0.05). Divided by age, each group of the study cases has significant difference between two genotypes (P<0.05). T -148 allele frequency of the middle age case in study group was higher than that in control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High plasma fibrinogen level is a risk factor to cerebral infarction. Plasma fibrinogen level is affected by -148C/T polymorphism of beta-fibrinogen gene. With or without other risk factors and environmental factors affecting, T allele increases plasma fibrinogen level and may be a heritable risk factor to cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070 P.R.China.
authors.forename: Ai-jun
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xu-dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Cheng-sen
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Ya-ni
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020521:Stroke / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen