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- Title
Leukocyte telomere length, allelic variations in related genes and risk of coronary heart disease in people with long-standing type 1 diabetes.
- Authors
Sanchez, Manuel; Kannengiesser, Caroline; Hoang, Sophie; Potier, Louis; Fumeron, Frédéric; Venteclef, Nicolas; Scheen, André; Gautier, Jean-François; Hadjadj, Samy; Marre, Michel; Roussel, Ronan; Mohammedi, Kamel; Velho, Gilberto
- Abstract
Background: Type 1 diabetes is associated with accelerated vascular aging and advanced atherosclerosis resulting in increased rates of cardiovascular disease and premature death. We evaluated associations between Leukocyte telomere length (LTL), allelic variations (SNPs) in LTL-related genes and the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Methods: We assessed associations of LTL, measured at baseline by RT–PCR, and of SNPs in 11 LTL-related genes with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD: myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization) and all-cause death during follow-up in two multicenter French-Belgian prospective cohorts of people with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Results: In logistic and Cox analyses, the lowest tertile of LTL distribution (short telomeres) at baseline was associated with the prevalence of myocardial infarction at baseline and with increased risk of CHD (Hazard ratio 3.14 (1.39–7.70), p = 0.005, for shorter vs longer tertile of LTL) and all-cause death (Hazard ratio 1.63 (95% CI 1.04–2.55), p = 0.03, for shorter vs combined intermediate and longer tertiles of LTL) during follow-up. Allelic variations in six genes related to telomere biology (TERC, NAF1, TERT, TNKS, MEN1 and BICD1) were also associated with the incidence of CHD during follow-up. The associations were independent of sex, age, duration of diabetes, and a range of relevant confounding factors at baseline. Conclusions: Our results suggest that short LTL is an independent risk factor for CHD in people with type 1 diabetes.
- Subjects
TYPE 1 diabetes; CORONARY disease; TELOMERES; LEUCOCYTES; MYOCARDIAL infarction
- Publication
Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1475-2840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12933-022-01635-0