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Associations of plasma homocysteine and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism with carotid intima media thickness among South Asian, Chinese and European Canadians.

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BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated the associations of plasma homocysteine concentration, the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T genotype and B vitamin concentration with intima media thickness (IMT) in multiethnic populations. METHODS:In the Study of Health Assessment and Risk in Ethnic groups (SHARE), we measured carotid IMT, fasting serum folate, serum B12, plasma pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) and plasma homocysteine and determined the MTHFR C677T genotype in a cross-sectional study of 818 South Asian, Chinese and European Canadians without previous history of CVD, cancer or diabetes during 1996-1998. RESULTS:Plasma homocysteine was inversely related to serum folate, serum B12, plasma PLP, B vitamin supplement use and Chinese ethnicity, and was positively associated with hypertension, smoking, IMT, MTHFR 677T/T genotype and South Asian ethnicity. Although ethnicity was not a statistically significant modifier, among carriers of the MTHFR 677T/T genotype with serum folate < or =14 nmol/L compared to >14 nmol/L, plasma homocysteine was significantly higher among South Asians (50.9% increase, P < 0.001) and Europeans (52.4% increase, P < 0.001) but not Chinese (11.0% increase, P > 0.05). Plasma homocysteine > 11.7 micromol/L was associated with a 5.9% (95% CI: 1.9%, 10.0%) increase in IMT (approximately 0.04 mm) in the pooled-data analyses with similar increases noted in the ethnic-specific analyses. The 677T/T genotype was not associated with a significant change in IMT in the pooled-data analyses (2.7%; 95% CI: -1.7%, 7.2%) nor in ethnic-specific analyses compared to other genotypes, although there were only 63 677T/T homozygotes. CONCLUSION:The combination of lower serum folate and the MTHFR 677T/T genotype is associated with increased plasma homocysteine among South Asians and Europeans, but the association is not evident among Chinese possibly because their serum folate may not have been low enough to compromise MTHFR activity. Plasma homocysteine > 11.7 micromol/L appears to be associated with a clinically important increase in IMT.

journal_name

Atherosclerosis

journal_title

Atherosclerosis

authors

Kelemen LE,Anand SS,Hegele RA,Stampfer MJ,Rosner B,Willett WC,Montague PA,Lonn E,Vuksan V,Teo KK,Devanesen S,Yusuf S

doi

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.06.003

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pub_date

2004-10-01 00:00:00

pages

361-70

issue

eissn

0021-9150

issn

1879-1484

pii

S0021-9150(04)00289-8

journal_volume

176

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Associations of plasma homocysteine and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism with carotid intima media thickness among South Asian, Chinese and European Canadians.