Association of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure with Plasma Total Homocysteine level, but Not with the Common C677T MTHFR Gene Mutation in Postmenopausal Iranian WODlen

Igh plasma total homocystein (they) hlevel, as a source of free radicals, hydrogen peroxide may affect vascular resistance via changes in endothelial cell function. this study was designed to investigate the possible indirect effect of hey and common c677f ethylentetrahydrofolate reductas (mthfr) gene mutation (a mutantgenotype revealed to be accompanied with high plasma hey level) on the mean arterial blood pressure (mabp).materials and methods: from among 280 postmenopausal women selected on the basis of simple randomized sampling, 266 women participated in this study. ninety-five were known cases of hypertension under anti-hypertensive therapy with controlled blood pressure and 171were normotensive subjects. anthropometries, blood pressure, plasma they, plasma folic acid and vitamins b12 as well as c677t mutation inmthfr gene were assessed for each postmenopausal female.results: mabp was positively and significantly associated with plasma they level(r=0.230, p=0.003) but not with the common c677tmthfr gene mutation. in regression analysis, plasma they was the only predictor of mabp (r2=0.05, p=0.004). high plasma they level increased hypertension risk in comparison to normal plasma they level (or=3.1l, ci=1.07-9.18) whereas the mutant mthfr genotype, tt allele, in comparison to the wild mthfr genotype, cc allele, did not.conclusions: mean arterial blood pressure was significantly associated with plasma they level but not with the common c677f mthfr genemutation.