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Clinical features of familial hypercholesterolemia in Korea: Predictors of pathogenic mutations and coronary artery disease - A study supported by the Korean Society of Lipidology and Atherosclerosis

Authors
 Dong Geum Shin  ;  Soo Min Han  ;  Doo Il Kim  ;  Moo-Yong Rhee  ;  Byoung-Kwon Lee  ;  Young Keun Ahn  ;  Byung Ryul Cho  ;  Jeong-Taek Woo  ;  Seung-Ho Hur  ;  Jin-Ok Jeong  ;  Yangsoo Jang  ;  Ji Hyun Lee  ;  Sang-Hak Lee 
Citation
 ATHEROSCLEROSIS, Vol.243(1) : 53-58, 2015 
Journal Title
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
ISSN
 0021-9150 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Apolipoproteins B/genetics ; Atherosclerosis/ethnology* ; Atherosclerosis/genetics* ; Cholesterol, LDL/blood ; Coronary Artery Disease/ethnology* ; Coronary Artery Disease/genetics* ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/ethnology* ; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/genetics* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mutation* ; Phenotype ; Proprotein Convertase 9 ; Proprotein Convertases/genetics ; ROC Curve ; Receptors, LDL/genetics ; Regression Analysis ; Republic of Korea ; Risk Factors ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Serine Endopeptidases/genetics
Keywords
Coronary artery disease ; Diagnosis ; Hyperlipoproteinemia type II ; Mutation ; Sensitivity and specificity
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Proper screening and diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is of critical importance for cardiovascular prevention. However, the clinical diagnosis of FH remains difficult partly because its phenotype can vary between different ethnicities. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical features and the best diagnostic approach in Korean FH patients. The predictors of putative pathogenic mutations and coronary artery disease (CAD) were also identified.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Ninety-seven patients with low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol >190 mg/dL and xanthoma or FH-compatible family history were included. Putative pathogenic mutations in LDLR, APOB, or PCSK9 genes were identified in 32% of the enrolled patients. The subjects were classified according to four sets of clinical criteria (Simon Broome, Dutch, MEDPED, Japanese). The mutation rates in definite type FH of Simon Broome or Dutch criteria were 35%-37% and lower in our patients than in those of other countries. The mutation detection rate by MEDPED criteria was 67%-75% and higher than those based on other criteria. The best low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) threshold for predicting mutations was 225 mg/dL. LDL-C was found to be the only independent predictor of mutation carriers, while hypertension and low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol were predictive of CAD.

CONCLUSIONS: The conventional clinical criteria showed limited mutation detection power and low specificities in Korean FH patients, in whom the best LDL-C threshold for putative mutation was 225 mg/dL. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors were also significantly associated with CAD risk in this population.
Full Text
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021915015300964
DOI
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.033
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pharmacology (약리학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
2. College of Dentistry (치과대학) > Dept. of Oral Biology (구강생물학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Shin, Dong Geum(신동금)
Lee, Byoung Kwon(이병권) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-2776
Lee, Sang Hak(이상학) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-3745
Lee, Ji Hyun(이지현)
Jang, Yang Soo(장양수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-3112
Han, Soo Min(한수민)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/141052
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