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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 145-153 |
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Relations of plasma homocysteine to left ventricular geometry and functions
Obiageli Uzoamaka Agbogu-Ike1, Bilkisu Bello Maiha2, Lilian Okwubenata Okonkwo3, Mohammed Aliyu4, Albert Imhoagene Oyati1
1 Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
3 Department of Immunology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
4 Ahmadu Bello University Medical Centre, Zaria, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Obiageli Uzoamaka Agbogu-Ike
Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/smj.smj_12_20
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Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for heart failure commonly in females. The study aimed at determining Hcy's association with left ventricular (LV) remodeling. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study evaluating the relationship of plasma Hcy to echocardiographic LV structure and function in 65 apparently healthy Nigerians (Mean age 41.87 ± 12.90 years, 52.2% females) without cardiovascular disease. Results: The mean Hcy level was 10.76 ± 2.69 μmol/L with no significant (P = 0.89) sex difference and 50.8% of the subjects had Hcy levels within the fourth quartile (hcy: 10.3–17.5 μmol/L). Plasma Hcy showed no significant (P > 0.05) relationship to LV mass (LVM), wall thickness (WT), relative WT, systolic/tissue-Doppler-derived diastolic function, and left atrial dimension in both sexes. Hyperhomocysteinemia (hcy >10.3 μmol/L) was significantly (P < 0.007) correlated to LVM indexed to height2.7 in all subjects but showed no such association in the unadjusted and adjusted binary logistic regression models. The odd of hyperhomocysteinemic patients having thicker LVM trended more toward females (odds ratio: 1.44, 95% confidence interval, 0.59–3.50) than males. Conclusion: Plasma hyperhomocysteinemia found in healthy Nigerian-Africans shows no relationship to LV remodeling, echocardiographic LV structural and functional parameters.
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