| Author | Costa, Maria Fernanda Lima | |
| Author | Macinko, James | |
| Author | Mambrini, Juliana Vaz de Melo | |
| Author | Peixoto, Sérgio William Viana | |
| Author | Pereira, Alexandre da Costa | |
| Author | Tarazona, Eduardo Martins | |
| Author | Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho | |
| Access date | 2017-07-12T17:54:37Z | |
| Available date | 2017-07-12T17:54:37Z | |
| Document date | 2016 | |
| Citation | COSTA, Maria Fernanda Lima et al. Genomic African and Native American Ancestry and Chagas Disease: The Bambui (Brazil) Epigen Cohort Study of Aging. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 10, n. 5. Art. e0004724, 2016. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1935-2727 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/20059 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | eletrocardiograma | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
| Title | Genomic African and Native American Ancestry and Chagas Disease: The Bambui (Brazil) Epigen Cohort Study of Aging | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| Abstract | Background: The influence of genetic ancestry on Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease outcomes is unknown.
Methodology/Principal Findings: We used 370,539 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) to examine the association between individual proportions of African, European and Native American genomic ancestry with T. cruzi infection and related outcomes in 1,341 participants (aged ≥ 60 years) of the Bambui (Brazil) population-based cohort study of aging. Potential confounding variables included sociodemographic characteristics and an array of health measures. The prevalence of T. cruzi infection was 37.5% and 56.3% of those infected had a major ECG abnormality. Baseline T. cruzi infection was correlated with higher levels of African and Native American ancestry, which in turn were strongly associated with poor socioeconomic circumstances. Cardiomyopathy in infected persons was not significantly associated with African or Native American ancestry levels. Infected persons with a major ECG abnormality were at increased risk of 15-year mortality relative to their counterparts with no such abnormalities (adjusted hazard ratio = 1.80; 95% 1.41, 2.32). African and Native American ancestry levels had no significant effect modifying this association.
Conclusions/Significance: Our findings indicate that African and Native American ancestry have no influence on the presence of major ECG abnormalities and had no influence on the ability of an ECG abnormality to predict mortality in older people infected with T. cruzi. In contrast, our results revealed a strong and independent association between prevalent T. cruzi infection and higher levels of African and Native American ancestry. Whether this association is a consequence of genetic background or differential exposure to infection remains to be determined. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | University of California. Fielding School of Public Health. Departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences. Los Angeles, CA, United States of America | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto do Coração. São Paulo, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia Geral. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Medicina. Hospital das Clínicas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Electrocardiography | pt_BR |
| Subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
| Subject | Native Americans | pt_BR |
| Subject | Socioeconomic aspects of health | pt_BR |
| Subject | Cholesterol | pt_BR |
| Subject | Cardiomyopathies | pt_BR |
| Subject | Cohort studies | pt_BR |
| Subject | Coronary heart disease | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004724 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 01 Erradicação da pobreza | |
