PMID: 19947180Dec 2, 2009Paper

Serum homocysteine in deep venous thrombosis, peripheral atherosclerosis and healthy Iranians: a case-control study

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences : PJBS
H RavariS Saadat

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the association of serum homocysteine with peripheral atherosclerosis and deep vein thrombosis in an Iranian population complaining from vascular symptoms in lower limbs referred to a university general hospital in the capital of Iran. The study design was case-control. Deep vein thrombosis and atherosclerosis groups were, respectively consisted of 25 patients presenting with signs and symptoms of deep vein thrombosis whom disease was confirmed by duplex ultrasonography and 25 patients presenting with signs and symptoms of chronic arterial insufficiency who were candidate for arterial reconstruction whom disease was confirmed by angiography. The control group was consisted of 25 persons selected among relatives accompanying the traumatic patients admitted in the general surgery ward of the same hospital. The age of atherosclerosis, DVT and control group were 61 +/- 14, 47 +/- 16 and 40 +/- 14, respectively. The serum level of homocysteine was higher in males (p < 0.01) except for atherosclerotic patients. The prevalence of high homocysteine was 15% (control), 36% (DVT) and 56% (atherosclerosis) among females and 75% (control), 73% (DVT) and 56% (atherosclerosis) among males. The serum homocystei...Continue Reading

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