ObjectiveTo explore the association between hypertriglyceridemic waist (HTGW) and subclinical atherosclerosis among general Chinese population. MethodsPeople who took routine physical exam in the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital were randomly selected from June 2011 to June 2012. We included those who received carotid artery ultrasonography and denied having symptoms of arterial ischemia, and screened the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among them, including waist circumstance (WC) and triglycerides (TG). According to levels of WC and TG, the subjects were divided into three groups:Group I (those with normal levels of WC and TG); Group II (those with elevated levels of WC or TG); and Group Ⅲ (those with elevated WC and TG). ResultsA total of 484 subjects were included with average age of 47.3±11.3 years, of which, 72.1% of the subjects were male. The risk factors of CVD in Group I, Group II and Group III orderly increased, with significant differences. Then the subjects were stratified by age. For the elderly (no less than 60 years, n=75), the morbidities of subclinical atherosclerosis was 73.7% in Group I, 79.3% in Group II, and 70.4% in Group Ⅲ, respectively; and the results of univariate analysis and multivariate analysis showed that, HTGW was poorly associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in the elderly. For the young and middle-aged (less than 60 years, n=409), the morbidities were 19.8% in Group I, 35.1% in Group II, and 36.1% in Group III, respectively; after adjusting the confounding factors, Group II and Group III showed close association with subclinical atherosclerosis in the young and middle-aged when taking Group I as referent, with ORs (Group Ⅱ:1.987, 95%CI 1.073 to 3.679, P=0.029; and Group Ⅲ:2.060, 95%CI 1.020 to 4.161, P=0.044). ConclusionHTGW population has high-level risk factors of CVD which also present a tendency of aggregation. HTGW is closely associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in the young and middle-aged; while in the elderly, HTGW is poorly associated with subclinical atherosclerosis, but the morbidity of subclinical atherosclerosis is higher.
Objective To investigated the influence of the CYP2C9 polymorphism on lipid profile and blood concentration in epileptic children with VPA. Methods This study collected the information of healthy children and epilepsy children who were treated with VPA in the First Affiliated Hospital of Putian University during June, 2018 to March, 2021. The serum lipids of 184 cases were collected and compared between epilepsy group before and after treatment with VPA with the control group. The polymorphism of CYP2C9 gene in children with epilepsy was detected, and lipid and VPA concentration were compared after classification. Results There was no significant difference in lipid between the control group and the epilepsy group before treatment (P>0.05); The TC, HDL, LDL, TC/HDL, LDL/HDL were statistically different in VPA treatment group from the control group (P<0.05), and there were statistical differences in TG, LDL, TC/HDL, LDL/HDL between the trial group before the initiation and VPA treatment (P<0.05); There is no correlation between VPA blood concentration and lipid (P>0.05). VPA concentration, TC, HDL, LDL, TC/HDL and LDL/HDL in CYP2C9 wild-type were statistically different from heterozygous mutant. Conculsions CYP2C9 polymorphism and long-term use of VPA caused the changes in serum lipid levels in epilepsy children.