Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a Case-Control Study of Myocardial Infarction: A Costa Rican Population
Date
2010-9-29
Authors
Bare, Lance A.
Ruiz-NarvaƩz, Edward A.
Tong, Carmen H.
Arellano, Andre R.
Rowland, Charles M.
Catanese, Joseph J.
Sacks, Frank M.
Devlin, James J.
Campos, Hannia
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Bare, Lance A., Edward A. Ruiz-NarvaƩz, Carmen H. Tong, Andre R. Arellano, Charles M. Rowland, Joseph J. Catanese, Frank M. Sacks, James J. Devlin, Hannia Campos. "Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a Case-Control Study of Myocardial Infarction: A Costa Rican Population" PLoS ONE 5(9): e13081. (2010)
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY. The 719Arg allele of KIF6 (rs20455) was associated with coronary events in Caucasian participants of five prospective studies. We investigated whether this KIF6 variant was associated with non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) in a case-control study of an admixed population from the Central Valley of Costa Rica. Genotypes of the KIF6 variant were determined for 4,134 men and women. Cases (1,987) had survived a first MI; controls (2,147) had no history of MI and were matched to cases by age, sex, and area of residence. We tested the association between the KIF6 719Arg allele and non-fatal MI by conditional logistic regression and adjusted for admixture of founder populations. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS. Compared with the reference Trp/Trp homozygotes, KIF6 719Arg carriers were not at significantly higher risk for non-fatal MI in this study after adjustment for traditional risk factors or admixture (OR=1.12; 95%CI, 0.98-1.28). Heterozygotes of the KIF6 Trp719Arg variant were at increased risk of non-fatal MI: the adjusted odds ratio was 1.16 (95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.34), but this association would not be significant after a multiple testing correction. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE. We found that carriers of the KIF6 719Arg allele were not at increased risk of non-fatal MI in a case-control study of Costa Ricans living in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.
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