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Title

Increased risk of acute myocardial infarction in carriers of the hemochromatosis gene Cys282Tyr mutation : a prospective cohort study in men in eastern Finland [see comments]

Author

Tuomainen TP; Kontula K; Nyyss¨onen K; Lakka TA; Heli¨o T; Salonen JT

Address

Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland.

Source

Circulation, 100(12):1274-9 1999 Sep 21

Abstract

Background-Homozygosity for a relatively common Cys282Tyr mutation of the human hemochromatosis-associated (HFE) gene was recently found to account for most cases of hereditary hemochromatosis. Because excess iron has been postulated to enhance risk of vascular disease, we studied whether occurrence of this mutation was associated with increased risk of first acute myocardial infarction in healthy middle-aged men in a prospective cohort study. Methods and Results-Study subjects were the 1150 participants in the population-based Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD), aged 42, 48, 54, or 60 years at baseline, who had no coronary heart disease at baseline and for whom a DNA sample was available. Information about myocardial infarctions was collected prospectively by use of FINMONICA (FINnish MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease study) and hospital data. Events were classified by MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease study) diagnostic criteria. The HFE Cys282Tyr mutation was assayed by a solid-phase minisequencing technique. One subject was homozygous and 76 individuals were heterozygous for the HFE Cys282Tyr mutation (6.7%). During a mean follow-up of 9 years, 8 (10.4%) of 77 carriers and 60 (5.6%) of 1073 noncarriers experienced an acute myocardial infarction. In a Cox proportional hazards model allowing for the other strongest risk factors, the carriers had a 2.3-fold (95% CI 1. 1 to 4.8; P=0.03) risk of acute myocardial infarction compared with noncarriers. Conclusions-Male carriers of the common hemochromatosis gene mutation are at 2-fold risk for first acute myocardial infarction compared with noncarriers.

Language

Eng

Unique Identifier

99423613

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MESH Headings

Adult ; Cohort Studies ; Finland ; Hemochromatosis *GE ; Heterozygote * ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I *GE HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS 01 ; Human ; HLA Antigens *GE HLA A ANTIGENS ; Iron ME ; Male ; Middle Age ; Mutation ; Myocardial Infarction *GE ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Publication Type

JOURNAL ARTICLE

ISSN

0009-7322

Country of Publication

UNITED STATES

CAS Registry Number

0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I); 0 (HLA Antigens); 0 (HLA-H antigen); 7439-89-6 (Iron)

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