Background: This study was designed to investigate the association of the 894G>T polymorphism in the eNOS gene with risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) on coronary angiography, and in-hospital mortality after AMI. Methods: We studied 1602 consecutive patients who were enrolled in the GEMIG study. The control group was comprised by 727 individuals, who were randomly selected from the general adult population. Results: The prevalence of the Asp298 variant of eNOS was not found to be significantly and independently associated with risk of AMI (RR = 1.08, 95%CI = 0.77-1.51, P = 0.663), extent of CAD on angiography (OR = 1.18, 95%CI = 0.63-2.23, P = 0.605) and in-hospital mortality (RR = 1.08, 95%CI = 0.29-4.04, P = 0.908). Conclusion: In contrast to previous reports, homozygosity for the Asp298 variant of the 894G>T polymorphism in the eNOS gene was not found to be associated with risk of AMI, extent of CAD and in-hospital mortality after AMI. © 2008 Andrikopoulos et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Andrikopoulos, G. K., Grammatopoulos, D. K., Tzeis, S. E., Zervou, S. I., Richter, D. J., Zairis, M. N., … Hillhouse, E. W. (2007). Association of the 894G>T polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with risk of acute myocardial infarction. BMC Medical Genetics, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-9-43
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