Arterial and venous thrombosis is not associated with the 4G/5G polymorphism in the promoter of the plasminogen activator inhibitor gene in a large cohort of US men

Circulation
P M RidkerJ P Miletich

Abstract

The 4G allele of the 4G/5G polymorphism in the promoter of the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) gene is associated with increased PAI-1 activity. In a small group of young Swedish men, this allele has been reported to predict risk of myocardial infarction. Whether this polymorphism increases risk of arterial and venous thrombosis among middle-aged men is unknown. Among 14916 men 40 to 84 years old participating in the Physicians' Health Study who provided baseline blood samples for DNA analysis, 374 suffered first myocardial infarction and 121 had venous thromboembolism during 8.6 years of follow-up. Distributions of the 4G/5G polymorphism in the PAI-1 gene promoter were assessed in these men as well as in a sample of study participants matched on age and smoking who did not develop vascular occlusion during the prospective follow-up period. The distributions of the 4G/4G, 4G/5G, and 5G/5G genotypes among men who developed myocardial infarction (0.27, 0.51, 0.22; P = .7) or venous thromboembolism (0.30, 0.49, 0.21; P = .5) were virtually identical to those of men who remained free of vascular disease (0.27, 0.50, 0.23). Thus, the relative risk of future thrombosis among those with the 4G/4G genotype compared with those w...Continue Reading

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Oct 28, 1999·John Michael Gaziano, MD

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