ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is considered relatively more common in non-Whites, whereas multiple sclerosis (MS) presents a high prevalence rate, particularly in Whites from Western countries populations. However, no study has used ancestry informative markers (AIMs) to estimate the genetic ancestry contribution to NMO patients. METHODS: Twelve AIMs were selected based on the large allele frequency differences among European, African, and Amerindian populations, in order to investigate the genetic contribution of each ancestral group in 236 patients with MS and NMO, diagnosed using the McDonald and Wingerchuck criteria, respectively. All 128 MS patients were recruited at the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto (MS-RP), Southeastern Brazil, as well as 108 healthy bone marrow donors considered as healthy controls. A total of 108 NMO patients were recruited from five Neurology centers from different Brazilian regions, including Ribeirão Preto (NMO-RP). PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: European ancestry contribution was higher in MS-RP than in NMO-RP (78.5% vs. 68.7%) patients. In contrast, African ancestry estimates were higher in NMO-RP than in MS-RP (20.5% vs. 12.5%) patients. Moreover, principal component analyses showed that groups of NMO patients from different Brazilian regions were clustered close to the European ancestral population. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that European genetic contribution predominates in NMO and MS patients from Brazil.
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Multiple Sclerosis/epidemiology , Neuromyelitis Optica/epidemiology , Adult , Brazil/epidemiology , Ethnicity/genetics , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Markers , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Multiple Sclerosis/ethnology , Multiple Sclerosis/genetics , Neuromyelitis Optica/ethnology , Neuromyelitis Optica/genetics , Young AdultABSTRACT
Os autores utilizando uma amostragem de 1202 escolares, entre 7 a 14 anos de idade, divididos em 7 grupos etários nos quais determinaram as condições dos primeiros molares permanentes, em crianças que frequentam escolas públicas da cidade do Salvador. Utilizando os critérios preconizados por Diniz para exame clínico, ficou estabelecida a frequência de primeiros molares permanentes cariados, hígidos, perdidos e obturados, assim como o percentual de risco de cárie a que estes dentes estão submetidos, nas referentes faixas etárias
