Relationship of cardiovascular disease risk factors and noncoding RNAs with hypertension: a case-control study

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Title: Relationship of cardiovascular disease risk factors and noncoding RNAs with hypertension: a case-control study
Authors: Shiying Chen, Rong Chen, Tingxing Zhang, Shaowei Lin, Zhou Chen, Bi Zhao, Huangyuan Li, Siying Wu
Source: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Subject Terms: Long noncoding RNAs, MicroRNAs, Cardiovascular disease risk factors, Essential hypertension, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
More Details: Abstract Background The present study sought to explore the relationship of common cardiovascular disease risk factors and noncoding RNAs with essential hypertension (EH). Methods A total of 402 EH patients and 402 gender- and age-frequency matched healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Each participant received a questionnaire survey, physical examination and laboratory tests. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was performed to assess relative expression levels of six noncoding RNAs (NR_027032, NR_034083, NR_104181, miR-126, miR-143 and miR-145) in peripheral blood leucocytes. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the risk of having EH between hypertensive and non-hypertensive patients. Results Analysis showed that participants with anxiety, high body mass index, abdominal obesity and family history of hypertension had higher risk for EH, whereas those with bland diet and occupational physical activities had lower risk for EH. qPCR assays showed that NR_027032 (P = 0.015) and NR_034083 (P = 0.004) were significantly reduced in EH patients compared with controls, whereas NR_104181 (P = 0.007), miR-143 (P = 0.005) and miR-145 (P = 0.015) were significantly elevated. After controlling the cardiovascular risk factors, multivariate analysis showed that lower expression levels of NR_034083 and higher expression levels of NR_104181 and miR-143 were risk factors for EH. Conclusions EH is a result of environmental and epigenetic factors. Strikingly, NR_034083, NR_104181 and miR-143 may be correlated with the risk for EH development; therefore, epigenetic markers could be used to measure hypertension levels to help elucidate the pathogenesis of EH.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1471-2261
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0795-3; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2261
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-018-0795-3
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/ba00592fe0c940b786ec619c24f3c4bc
Accession Number: edsdoj.ba00592fe0c940b786ec619c24f3c4bc
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14712261
DOI:10.1186/s12872-018-0795-3
Published in:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Language:English