Title
Placental telomere length and risk of placental abruption
Date Issued
01 September 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Workalemahu T.
Enquobahrie D.A.
Yohannes E.
Gelaye B.
Qiu C.
Williams M.A.
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd
Abstract
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the associations of placental telomere length with placental abruption (PA) risk and interactions between placental telomere length and placental mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number on PA risk. Materials and methods: Relative telomere length and mtDNA copy number in placental samples collected from 105 cases and 73 controls were measured in two batches using qRT-PCR. Mean differences in relative telomere length between PA cases and controls were examined. After creating batch-specific median cutoffs for relative telomere length (84.92 and 102.53) and mtDNA copy number (2.32 and 1.42), interaction between the two variables was examined using stratified logistic regression models. Results: Adjusted mean difference in relative telomere length between PA cases and controls was −0.07 (p > 0.05). Among participants with low mtDNA copy number, participants with short relative telomere length had a 3.07-fold higher odds (95% CI: 1.13–8.38) of PA as compared with participants with long relative telomere length (the reference group). Among participants with high mtDNA copy number, participants with short relative telomere length had a 0.71-fold lower odds (95% CI: 0.28–1.83) of PA as compared with the reference group (interaction p values = 0.03). Conclusion: Findings suggest complex relationships between placental telomere length, mtDNA copy number and PA risk which warrant further larger studies.
Start page
2767
End page
2772
Volume
29
Issue
17
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología Obstetricia, Ginecología Tecnología para la identificación y funcionamiento del ADN, proteínas y enzimas y como influencian la enfermedad)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84948135533
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
ISSN of the container
1476-7058
Sponsor(s)
National Institutes of Health R01CA160565 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute F32HL010374
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