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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2743| Title: | Comparison of Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and other atherosclerotic risk factors in two Portuguese populations: the Influence of Insularity |
| Author: | Lopes, Paula Alexandra Gaspar, Gisela Napoleão, Patrícia Santos, Maria Cristina Pavão, Maria Leonor Viegas-Crespo, Ana Maria |
| Keywords: | Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism Cardiovascular Risk Factors Atherosclerosis Insularity |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2007 |
| Publisher: | Technology Institute of Paraná - Tecpar |
| Citation: | LOPES, P. A., GASPAR, G., NAPOLEÃO, P., SANTOS, M. C., PAVÃO, M. L. e VIEGAS-CRESPO, A. M. (2007). "Comparison of Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and other atherosclerotic risk factors in two Portuguese populations: the Influence of Insularity", Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 50(5): 803-813. ISSN 1516-8913. |
| Abstract: | O principal objectivo deste estudo é o de pesquisar o efeito da insularidade nos polimorfismos da apolipoproteína (apo) E em indivíduos saudáveis do continente (Lisboa) e de Ponta Delgada (Ilha de S. Miguel, Arquipélago dos Açores). Adicionalmente, estudar a distribuição dos seus genótipos em doentes com aterosclerose da Ilha de S. Miguel. Em Lisboa, a distribuição dos genótipos da apo E foi a seguinte: e3/e3 > e3/e4 > e2/e3 > e4/e4, ao passo que em Ponta Delgada e independentemente da condição fisiológica foi: e3/e3 > e2/e3 > e3/e4. Distintas frequências genotípicas foram observadas entre homens e mulheres no grupo saudável de Ponta Delgada. O índice de massa corporal, hipertensão arterial e perfil lipídico, factores de risco associados ao processo aterosclerótico, revelaram algumas diferenças quando avaliados em função dos grupos alélicos. Neste estudo, os genótipos de risco da apo E, e2/e2 and e2/e4, não foram contabilizados. Curiosamente a proporção dos genótipos nas mulheres foi heterogénea nos 3 grupos estudados. ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study was to investigate the apolipoprotein (apo) E genotypes in Portuguese populations from mainland (Lisbon city) and from San Miguel Island, Azores’ Archipelago (Ponta Delgada city) and to look for differences between these particular sites in apparently healthy subjects. Also, subjects with clinical diagnosis of atherosclerotic disease were investigated in San Miguel Island. In Lisbon, the genotypes distribution was: e3/e3 > e3/e4 > e2/e3 > e4/e4 while that, for Ponta Delgada and regardless the health condition, was: e3/e3 > e2/e3 > e3/e4. Within Ponta Delgada control group, females and males had distinct genotype frequencies. The most common atherosclerotic risk factors as body mass index, blood hypertension and serum lipid parameters, presented some differences among the allelic subgroups of apo E. The major conclusions were: 1) an apparent influence of insularity in apo E polymorphism was observed; 2) both the high risk genotypes e2/e2 and e2/e4 were not found, even in patients; 3) curiously, the genotypes proportion in females was not homogenous among the three groups. |
| Peer review: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2743 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8913 (Print) 1678-4324 (Online) |
| Publisher Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-89132007000500008 |
| Appears in Collections: | DCFQE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais / Articles in International Journals |
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