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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000732
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cardiovascular diseases; diabetes mellitus; genetics
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- FWF (Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung) [TRP 188]
- Pustertaler Verein zur Pravention der Herz- und Hirngefasserkrankungen, Sanitatseinheit Ost, Assessorat fur Gesundheit, province of Bozen, Italy
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [TRP 188] Funding Source: researchfish
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Background-Haptoglobin (Hp) is an abundant plasma protein with antioxidant properties. The Hp 2-2 genotype has previously been linked to coronary heart disease risk in individuals with elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)). We investigated the association of Hp and HbA(1c) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the longitudinal, population-based Bruneck Study. Methods and Results-Hp genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction according to standard procedures and HbA(1c) concentration by a Diabetes Control and Complications Trial-aligned assay. HbA(1c) was measured in 1995, 2000, and 2005. Occurrence of the combined CVD endpoint of myocardial infarction or stroke was recorded between 1995 and 2010. Outcome analyses employed the Cox proportional hazards model with HbA(1c) category as time-varying covariate. At baseline in 1995, 806 subjects (male sex, 49.3%; age, mean +/- standard deviation, 62.70 +/- 11.08 years) were included. During follow-up, 123 subjects experienced at least 1 CVD event (48 suffered myocardial infarction, 68 stroke, and 7 both). Among subjects with HbA(1c)>= 6.5% (>= 48 mmol/mol), those with the Hp 2-2 genotype did not show an elevated risk of incident CVD compared with those with other genotypes (age-and sex-adjusted hazard ratio [95% CI], 0.47 [0.19, 1.13], P=0.092) and a null association was also observed in subjects with HbA(1c)<6.5% (1.10 [0.75, 1.62], P=0.629) (P for interaction=0.082). Conclusions-Subjects with the Hp 2-2 genotype and elevated HbA(1c) compared with subjects with other Hp genotypes and elevated HbA(1c) did not show increased CVD risk.
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