Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism in Turkish children with cerebral infarct and effect on factor V 1691 A mutation

The thrombotic risk of carrying plasminogen activator inhibitor-1-675 4G allele was found to be controversial in previous studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism in the pathogenesis of childhood stroke. The case-control study included 43 patients with cerebral infarct who were below the age of 18 years (range, 10 months to 18 years) and 113 healthy unrelated individuals without family histories of thrombosis. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism was analyzed according to a previously described method. There was no statistically significant difference in patient and control groups for the distribution of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism (P =.75) (allele frequency 4G controls: 0.50; patients: 0.53). However, there was a significant difference for the factor V (FV) 1691 A mutation for both groups (P =.0007).