is it the chief contributor to activated protein C resistance in Asian-Indian patients with deep vein thrombosis?
GROUND: Deep vein thrombosis is a condition, which has several acquired as well as genetic causes. One of the most common reasons for deep vein thrombosis is activated protein C resistance caused by Factor V Leiden. METHOD: We examined the risk posed by Factor V Leiden, Hong Kong/Cambridge and HR2 Haplotype mutations in 155 deep vein thrombosis patients and 120 healthy controls in the background of activated protein C resistance. RESULT: Thirty-one of our patients showed activated protein C resistance of which only 16 carried Factor V Leiden mutation which was a far lower number than what is usually seen in Caucasian population. Factor V Leiden mutation was significantly associated with the risk of deep vein thrombosis (Yates corrected p-value=0.002; 95%CI; odds ratio: 13.7). Factor V Hong Kong/Cambridge and HR2 Haplotype were not found to be associated with the risk of deep vein thrombosis. There is a possibility that Factor V HR2 Haplotype might also be associated with activated prot
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