Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.

<h4>Background and methodology</h4>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...

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Main Authors: Lance A Bare, Edward A Ruiz-Narvaéz, Carmen H Tong, Andre R Arellano, Charles M Rowland, Joseph J Catanese, Frank M Sacks, James J Devlin, Hannia Campos
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
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author Lance A Bare
Edward A Ruiz-Narvaéz
Carmen H Tong
Andre R Arellano
Charles M Rowland
Joseph J Catanese
Frank M Sacks
James J Devlin
Hannia Campos
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Edward A Ruiz-Narvaéz
Carmen H Tong
Andre R Arellano
Charles M Rowland
Joseph J Catanese
Frank M Sacks
James J Devlin
Hannia Campos
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description <h4>Background and methodology</h4>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.<h4>Principal findings</h4>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.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>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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spelling doaj-art-0cac423a7d1e4f8e812e723c3fefeb3c2025-08-20T03:19:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-09-0159e1308110.1371/journal.pone.0013081Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.Lance A BareEdward A Ruiz-NarvaézCarmen H TongAndre R ArellanoCharles M RowlandJoseph J CataneseFrank M SacksJames J DevlinHannia Campos<h4>Background and methodology</h4>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.<h4>Principal findings</h4>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.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>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.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013081&type=printable
spellingShingle Lance A Bare
Edward A Ruiz-Narvaéz
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.
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title Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.
title_full Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.
title_fullStr Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.
title_short Investigation of KIF6 Trp719Arg in a case-control study of myocardial infarction: a Costa Rican population.
title_sort investigation of kif6 trp719arg in a case control study of myocardial infarction a costa rican population
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013081&type=printable
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