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. 2006 Dec 20;1(1):e64.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000064.

Polymorphism in the MHC2TA gene is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular mortality

Eero Lindholm  1 , Olle Melander, Peter Almgren, Göran Berglund, Carl-David Agardh, Leif Groop, Marju Orho-Melander
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Polymorphism in the MHC2TA gene is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular mortality

Eero Lindholm et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Background: Recently, a -168A-->G polymorphism in the MHC class II transactivator gene (MHC2TA) was shown to be associated with increased susceptibility to myocardial infarction (MI).

Aim: To confirm the association between the MHC2TA -168A-->G polymorphism and MI and to study its putative role for microalbuminuria, the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular mortality.

Materials and methods: Using an allelic discrimination method we genotyped 11,064 individuals from three study populations: 1) 4,432 individuals from the Botnia type 2 diabetes (T2D) study, 2) 1,222 patients with MI and 2,345 control subjects participating in the Malmö Diet and Cancer study and comprising an MI case-control sample, and 3) 3,065 T2D patients from the Local Swedish Diabetes registry.

Results: No association between the -168A-->G polymorphism in MHC2TA and MI was observed. However, in the Botnia cohort the AG/GG genotypes were associated with cardiovascular mortality after MI (1.78 [1.09-2.92], p = 0.02). In addition, the AG/GG genotypes were more common in subjects with MetS (40.1% vs. 36.9%, p = 0.03) and in non-diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria (45.4% vs. 36.5%, p = 0.003) compared to control subjects.

Conclusions: A polymorphism in MHC2TA was associated with cardiovascular mortality and predictors of cardiovascular mortality, microalbuminuria and MetS.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: Professor Leif Groop has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Bristol-Myers Squibb BMS.

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Figure 1
Cardiovascular mortality in the Botnia cohort in patients with previous MI according to MHC2TA -168 A→G genotypes. Kaplan Meier survival curves illustrating a higher risk for CV mortality (HR 1.76 [1.09–2.82], p = 0.02) in AG/GG genotype carriers with previous history of MI.
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